#BC942E#BC942E

#BC942E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.124 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC942E
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, 4.95, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 56.62, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.0081 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.124 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8240, 32.0706, 7.0983)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC942E #2E56BC

analogous

#BC4D2E #BC942E #9DBC2E

triadic

#BC942E #2EBC94 #942EBC

tetradic

#BC942E #2EBC4D #2E56BC #BC2E9D

square

#BC942E #2EBC4D #2E56BC #BC2E9D

split-complementary

#BC942E #2E9DBC #4D2EBC

monochromatic

#5A4716 #8B6D22 #BC942E #D5B052 #E1C784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#BC942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC942E

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC942E	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)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.124 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b36e',
    500: '#bc942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc942e;
$custom-light: #d5b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68635,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC942E

secondary

#7C92CA

accent

#71E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC942E

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

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