#BC9342#BC9342

#BC9342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.110 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9342
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 6.57, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 48.08, 82.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0153 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.11 82)
XYZ	xyz(32.1579, 31.9543, 9.6272)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9342 #426BBC

analogous

#BC5642 #BC9342 #A8BC42

triadic

#BC9342 #42BC93 #9342BC

tetradic

#BC9342 #42BC56 #426BBC #BC42A8

square

#BC9342 #42BC56 #426BBC #BC42A8

split-complementary

#BC9342 #42A8BC #5642BC

monochromatic

#614C22 #8F7032 #BC9342 #CCAD6F #DCC79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BC9342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#BC9342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9342

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9342	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)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.110 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b27a',
    500: '#bc9342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9342;
$custom-light: #d4b27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.836,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68611,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.31952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9342

secondary

#91A4C9

accent

#7ED850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9342

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

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