#BC9234#BC9234

#BC9234 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9234
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 52)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 6.32, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 53.88, 83.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0127 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.12 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6397, 31.4993, 7.6617)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9234 #345EBC

analogous

#BC4E34 #BC9234 #A2BC34

triadic

#BC9234 #34BC92 #9234BC

tetradic

#BC9234 #34BC4E #345EBC #BC34A2

square

#BC9234 #34BC4E #345EBC #BC34A2

split-complementary

#BC9234 #34A2BC #4E34BC

monochromatic

#5C4819 #8C6D27 #BC9234 #D2AD5B #DFC58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BC9234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9234

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9234	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)

#A49227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b171',
    500: '#bc9234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9234;
$custom-light: #d4b171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.471,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68275,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9234

secondary

#8398C9

accent

#77E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9234

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

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