#BC9240#BC9240

#BC9240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.111 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9240
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, 7.00, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 48.78, 81.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% 0.0162 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.111 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9452, 31.6215, 9.2705)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9240 #406ABC

analogous

#BC5440 #BC9240 #A8BC40

triadic

#BC9240 #40BC92 #9240BC

tetradic

#BC9240 #40BC54 #406ABC #BC40A8

square

#BC9240 #40BC54 #406ABC #BC40A8

split-complementary

#BC9240 #40A8BC #5440BC

monochromatic

#614B21 #8E6F30 #BC9240 #CDAC6C #DDC69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC9240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BC9240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9240

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9240	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.111 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b178',
    500: '#bc9240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9240;
$custom-light: #d4b178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.677,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68388,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9240

secondary

#8FA3C9

accent

#7ED94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9240

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

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