#BC9741#BC9741

#BC9741 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.113 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9741
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 4.33, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 49.41, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0086 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.113 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7615, 33.2083, 9.6843)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9741 #4166BC

analogous

#BC5941 #BC9741 #A4BC41

triadic

#BC9741 #41BC97 #9741BC

tetradic

#BC9741 #41BC59 #4166BC #BC41A4

square

#BC9741 #41BC59 #4166BC #BC41A4

split-complementary

#BC9741 #41A4BC #5941BC

monochromatic

#614E22 #8F7231 #BC9741 #CDB06E #DCC99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BC9741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9741

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9741	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.113 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b579',
    500: '#bc9741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9741;
$custom-light: #d4b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.951,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69412,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9741

secondary

#90A1C9

accent

#79D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9741

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

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