#BC9742#BC9742

#BC9742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.112 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9742
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 4.39, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 48.97, 84.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0089 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.112 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7908, 33.2200, 9.8382)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9742 #4267BC

analogous

#BC5A42 #BC9742 #A4BC42

triadic

#BC9742 #42BC97 #9742BC

tetradic

#BC9742 #42BC5A #4267BC #BC42A4

square

#BC9742 #42BC5A #4267BC #BC42A4

split-complementary

#BC9742 #42A4BC #5A42BC

monochromatic

#614E22 #8F7332 #BC9742 #CCB06F #DCC99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BC9742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9742

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9742	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)

#A89639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.112 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b57a',
    500: '#bc9742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9742;
$custom-light: #d4b57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.803,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69423,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9742

secondary

#91A2C9

accent

#79D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9742

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

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