#BC9241#BC9241

#BC9241 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.111 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9241
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 7.06, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 48.33, 81.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0166 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.111 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9739, 31.6329, 9.4217)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9241 #416BBC

analogous

#BC5441 #BC9241 #A9BC41

triadic

#BC9241 #41BC92 #9241BC

tetradic

#BC9241 #41BC54 #416BBC #BC41A9

square

#BC9241 #41BC54 #416BBC #BC41A9

split-complementary

#BC9241 #41A9BC #5441BC

monochromatic

#614B22 #8F6F31 #BC9241 #CDAC6E #DCC69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC9241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BC9241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9241

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9241	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.111 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b179',
    500: '#bc9241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9241;
$custom-light: #d4b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68398,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9241

secondary

#90A3C9

accent

#7ED850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9241

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

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