#BC9427#BC9427

#BC9427 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.128 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9427
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, 4.67, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 59.13, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0065 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.128 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6972, 32.0199, 6.4300)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9427 #274FBC

analogous

#BC4A27 #BC9427 #99BC27

triadic

#BC9427 #27BC94 #9427BC

tetradic

#BC9427 #27BC4A #274FBC #BC2799

square

#BC9427 #27BC4A #274FBC #BC2799

split-complementary

#BC9427 #2799BC #4A27BC

monochromatic

#574412 #896C1C #BC9427 #D9B247 #E3C77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BC9427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#BC9427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9427

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9427	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.128 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b36a',
    500: '#bc9427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9427;
$custom-light: #d5b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.893,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68588,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9427

secondary

#738BCB

accent

#6DE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9427

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

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