#BC9743#BC9743

#BC9743 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9743
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 4.45, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 48.52, 84.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0092 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.111 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8205, 33.2319, 9.9948)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9743 #4368BC

analogous

#BC5B43 #BC9743 #A4BC43

triadic

#BC9743 #43BC97 #9743BC

tetradic

#BC9743 #43BC5B #4368BC #BC43A4

square

#BC9743 #43BC5B #4368BC #BC43A4

split-complementary

#BC9743 #43A4BC #5B43BC

monochromatic

#624F23 #8F7333 #BC9743 #CCB070 #DCC99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9743 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BC9743 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9743

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9743	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9743	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8963A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9743;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b57a',
    500: '#bc9743',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9743;
$custom-light: #d4b57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9743",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.653,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69434,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9743

secondary

#92A3C9

accent

#7AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9743

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

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