#BC942B#BC942B

#BC942B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.126 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC942B
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 4.82, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 57.73, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0074 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.126 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7670, 32.0478, 6.7977)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC942B #2B53BC

analogous

#BC4B2B #BC942B #9CBC2B

triadic

#BC942B #2BBC94 #942BBC

tetradic

#BC942B #2BBC4B #2B53BC #BC2B9C

square

#BC942B #2BBC4B #2B53BC #BC2B9C

split-complementary

#BC942B #2B9CBC #4B2BBC

monochromatic

#584614 #8A6D20 #BC942B #D6B14E #E2C780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC942B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#BC942B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC942B

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC942B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC942B	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc942b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.126 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b36c',
    500: '#bc942b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc942b;
$custom-light: #d5b36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc942b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68614,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC942B

secondary

#788FCB

accent

#6FE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC942B

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

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