#BC9434#BC9434

#BC9434 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.121 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9434
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 5.23, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 54.28, 84.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0096 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.121 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9507, 32.1213, 7.7653)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9434 #345CBC

analogous

#BC5034 #BC9434 #A0BC34

triadic

#BC9434 #34BC94 #9434BC

tetradic

#BC9434 #34BC50 #345CBC #BC34A0

square

#BC9434 #34BC50 #345CBC #BC34A0

split-complementary

#BC9434 #34A0BC #5034BC

monochromatic

#5C4919 #8C6E27 #BC9434 #D2AF5B #DFC68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC9434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BC9434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9434

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9434	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)

#A69327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.121 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b371',
    500: '#bc9434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9434;
$custom-light: #d4b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68681,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9434

secondary

#8397C9

accent

#75E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9434

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

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