#BC9243#BC9243

#BC9243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.109 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9243
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(39, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 7.19, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 47.43, 81.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0172 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.109 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0328, 31.6565, 9.7323)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9243 #436DBC

analogous

#BC5643 #BC9243 #A9BC43

triadic

#BC9243 #43BC92 #9243BC

tetradic

#BC9243 #43BC56 #436DBC #BC43A9

square

#BC9243 #43BC56 #436DBC #BC43A9

split-complementary

#BC9243 #43A9BC #5643BC

monochromatic

#624C23 #8F6F33 #BC9243 #CCAC70 #DCC69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BC9243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BC9243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9243

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9243	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#A3923B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.109 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b17a',
    500: '#bc9243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9243;
$custom-light: #d4b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.174,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6842,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9243

secondary

#92A5C9

accent

#7FD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9243

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

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