#BC9233#BC9233

#BC9233 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9233
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 6.27, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 54.29, 83.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0125 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.12 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6174, 31.4904, 7.5443)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9233 #335DBC

analogous

#BC4E33 #BC9233 #A2BC33

triadic

#BC9233 #33BC92 #9233BC

tetradic

#BC9233 #33BC4E #335DBC #BC33A2

square

#BC9233 #33BC4E #335DBC #BC33A2

split-complementary

#BC9233 #33A2BC #4E33BC

monochromatic

#5C4719 #8C6D26 #BC9233 #D2AD5A #DFC58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BC9233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9233

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9233	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b171',
    500: '#bc9233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9233;
$custom-light: #d4b171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.606,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68267,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9233

secondary

#8197C9

accent

#76E147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9233

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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