#BC9542#BC9542

#BC9542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.111 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9542
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 5.48, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 48.51, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% 0.0121 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.111 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4716, 32.5817, 9.7318)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9542 #4269BC

analogous

#BC5842 #BC9542 #A6BC42

triadic

#BC9542 #42BC95 #9542BC

tetradic

#BC9542 #42BC58 #4269BC #BC42A6

square

#BC9542 #42BC58 #4269BC #BC42A6

split-complementary

#BC9542 #42A6BC #5842BC

monochromatic

#614D22 #8F7132 #BC9542 #CCAE6F #DCC89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BC9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9542

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9542	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.111 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b37a',
    500: '#bc9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9542;
$custom-light: #d4b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.82,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69016,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9542

secondary

#91A3C9

accent

#7BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9542

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

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