#BC9340#BC9340

#BC9340 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9340
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, 6.45, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 48.98, 82.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0146 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.112 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1000, 31.9311, 9.3221)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9340 #4069BC

analogous

#BC5540 #BC9340 #A7BC40

triadic

#BC9340 #40BC93 #9340BC

tetradic

#BC9340 #40BC55 #4069BC #BC40A7

square

#BC9340 #40BC55 #4069BC #BC40A7

split-complementary

#BC9340 #40A7BC #5540BC

monochromatic

#614C21 #8E6F30 #BC9340 #CDAD6C #DDC79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BC9340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#BC9340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9340

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9340	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b278',
    500: '#bc9340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9340;
$custom-light: #d4b278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.161,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6859,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9340

secondary

#8FA2C9

accent

#7DD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9340

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

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