#BC9841#BC9841

#BC9841 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.113 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9841
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 3.78, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 49.65, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.007 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.113 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9232, 33.5315, 9.7381)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9841 #4165BC

analogous

#BC5A41 #BC9841 #A3BC41

triadic

#BC9841 #41BC98 #9841BC

tetradic

#BC9841 #41BC5A #4165BC #BC41A3

square

#BC9841 #41BC5A #4165BC #BC41A3

split-complementary

#BC9841 #41A3BC #5A41BC

monochromatic

#614E22 #8F7331 #BC9841 #CDB16E #DCC99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BC9841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9841

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9841	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.113 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b679',
    500: '#bc9841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9841;
$custom-light: #d4b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69617,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9841

secondary

#90A1C9

accent

#78D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9841

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

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