#BC9442#BC9442

#BC9442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.110 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9442
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 6.03, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 48.29, 82.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.0137 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.11 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3141, 32.2666, 9.6793)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9442 #426ABC

analogous

#BC5742 #BC9442 #A7BC42

triadic

#BC9442 #42BC94 #9442BC

tetradic

#BC9442 #42BC57 #426ABC #BC42A7

square

#BC9442 #42BC57 #426ABC #BC42A7

split-complementary

#BC9442 #42A7BC #5742BC

monochromatic

#614D22 #8F7032 #BC9442 #CCAE6F #DCC79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC9442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BC9442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9442

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9442	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.110 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b37a',
    500: '#bc9442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9442;
$custom-light: #d4b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.328,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68813,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9442

secondary

#91A3C9

accent

#7DD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9442

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

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