#BC9942#BC9942

#BC9942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.113 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9942
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 3.30, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 49.45, 86.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0058 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.113 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1154, 33.8692, 9.9464)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9942 #4265BC

analogous

#BC5C42 #BC9942 #A2BC42

triadic

#BC9942 #42BC99 #9942BC

tetradic

#BC9942 #42BC5C #4265BC #BC42A2

square

#BC9942 #42BC5C #4265BC #BC42A2

split-complementary

#BC9942 #42A2BC #5C42BC

monochromatic

#614F22 #8F7432 #BC9942 #CCB26F #DCCA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9942

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9942	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.113 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67a',
    500: '#bc9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9942;
$custom-light: #d4b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.787,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69832,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9942

secondary

#91A1C9

accent

#77D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9942

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

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