#BC8939#BC8939

#BC8939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.114 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8939
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, 11.53, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 50.33, 76.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0286 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.114 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4252, 28.8805, 7.8422)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8939 #396CBC

analogous

#BC4739 #BC8939 #ADBC39

triadic

#BC8939 #39BC89 #8939BC

tetradic

#BC8939 #39BC47 #396CBC #BC39AD

square

#BC8939 #39BC47 #396CBC #BC39AD

split-complementary

#BC8939 #39ADBC #4739BC

monochromatic

#5E451D #8D672B #BC8939 #D0A563 #DEC092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BC8939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BC8939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8939

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8939	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.114 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab73',
    500: '#bc8939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8939;
$custom-light: #d4ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66524,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8939

secondary

#88A1C9

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8939

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

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