#BC9035#BC9035

#BC9035 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.118 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9035
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, 7.47, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 53.10, 81.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.0162 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.118 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3568, 30.8972, 7.6797)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9035 #3561BC

analogous

#BC4C35 #BC9035 #A5BC35

triadic

#BC9035 #35BC90 #9035BC

tetradic

#BC9035 #35BC4C #3561BC #BC35A5

square

#BC9035 #35BC4C #3561BC #BC35A5

split-complementary

#BC9035 #35A5BC #4C35BC

monochromatic

#5D471A #8C6B28 #BC9035 #D1AB5D #DFC48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC9035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BC9035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9035

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9035	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.118 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b071',
    500: '#bc9035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9035;
$custom-light: #d4b071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6788,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9035

secondary

#849AC9

accent

#7ADF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9035

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

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