#BC9431#BC9431

#BC9431 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.123 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9431
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 5.09, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 55.47, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0088 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.123 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8853, 32.0951, 7.4207)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9431 #3159BC

analogous

#BC4F31 #BC9431 #9FBC31

triadic

#BC9431 #31BC94 #9431BC

tetradic

#BC9431 #31BC4F #3159BC #BC319F

square

#BC9431 #31BC4F #3159BC #BC319F

split-complementary

#BC9431 #319FBC #4F31BC

monochromatic

#5B4818 #8B6E24 #BC9431 #D3AF57 #E0C688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC9431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BC9431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9431

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9431	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)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.123 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b370',
    500: '#bc9431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9431;
$custom-light: #d4b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68657,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9431

secondary

#7F95CA

accent

#73E246

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9431

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

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