#BC9430#BC9430

#BC9430 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9430
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, 5.04, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 55.86, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0085 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.123 86)
XYZ	xyz(31.8644, 32.0868, 7.3108)
Luminance	0.3209 (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

#BC9430 #3058BC

analogous

#BC4E30 #BC9430 #9EBC30

triadic

#BC9430 #30BC94 #9430BC

tetradic

#BC9430 #30BC4E #3058BC #BC309E

square

#BC9430 #30BC4E #3058BC #BC309E

split-complementary

#BC9430 #309EBC #4E30BC

monochromatic

#5A4717 #8B6E24 #BC9430 #D4B055 #E0C686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC9430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BC9430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9430

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9430	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b36f',
    500: '#bc9430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9430;
$custom-light: #d4b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68649,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.32085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9430

secondary

#7E94CA

accent

#72E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9430

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

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