#BC9642#BC9642

#BC9642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.111 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9642
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 4.94, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 48.74, 84.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0105 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.111 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6305, 32.8995, 9.7848)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9642 #4268BC

analogous

#BC5942 #BC9642 #A5BC42

triadic

#BC9642 #42BC96 #9642BC

tetradic

#BC9642 #42BC59 #4268BC #BC42A5

square

#BC9642 #42BC59 #4268BC #BC42A5

split-complementary

#BC9642 #42A5BC #5942BC

monochromatic

#614E22 #8F7232 #BC9642 #CCAF6F #DCC89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BC9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9642

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9642	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.111 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b47a',
    500: '#bc9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9642;
$custom-light: #d4b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.311,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69219,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9642

secondary

#91A2C9

accent

#7AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9642

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

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