#BC9242#BC9242

#BC9242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.110 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9242
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, 7.12, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 47.88, 81.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% 0.0169 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.11 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0031, 31.6446, 9.5756)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9242 #426CBC

analogous

#BC5542 #BC9242 #A9BC42

triadic

#BC9242 #42BC92 #9242BC

tetradic

#BC9242 #42BC55 #426CBC #BC42A9

square

#BC9242 #42BC55 #426CBC #BC42A9

split-complementary

#BC9242 #42A9BC #5542BC

monochromatic

#614C22 #8F6F32 #BC9242 #CCAC6F #DCC69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC9242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BC9242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9242

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9242	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)

#A39239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.110 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b17a',
    500: '#bc9242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9242;
$custom-light: #d4b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.344,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68409,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9242

secondary

#91A4C9

accent

#7FD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9242

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

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