#BC9A42#BC9A42

#BC9A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.113 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A42
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 2.76, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 49.70, 86.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0042 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.113 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2797, 34.1979, 10.0012)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A42 #4264BC

analogous

#BC5D42 #BC9A42 #A1BC42

triadic

#BC9A42 #42BC9A #9A42BC

tetradic

#BC9A42 #42BC5D #4264BC #BC42A1

square

#BC9A42 #42BC5D #4264BC #BC42A1

split-complementary

#BC9A42 #42A1BC #5D42BC

monochromatic

#615022 #8F7532 #BC9A42 #CCB26F #DCCA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BC9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A42

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A42	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.113 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b77a',
    500: '#bc9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a42;
$custom-light: #d3b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.279,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70037,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A42

secondary

#91A1C9

accent

#76D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A42

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

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