#BC9842#BC9842

#BC9842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.112 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9842
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 3.85, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 49.20, 85.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0073 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.112 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9524, 33.5432, 9.8921)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9842 #4266BC

analogous

#BC5B42 #BC9842 #A3BC42

triadic

#BC9842 #42BC98 #9842BC

tetradic

#BC9842 #42BC5B #4266BC #BC42A3

square

#BC9842 #42BC5B #4266BC #BC42A3

split-complementary

#BC9842 #42A3BC #5B42BC

monochromatic

#614F22 #8F7332 #BC9842 #CCB16F #DCC99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BC9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9842

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9842	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	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)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.112 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67a',
    500: '#bc9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9842;
$custom-light: #d4b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69627,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9842

secondary

#91A2C9

accent

#78D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9842

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

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