#BC9036#BC9036

#BC9036 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.118 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9036
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, 7.52, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 52.69, 81.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% 0.0165 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.118 82)
XYZ	xyz(31.3801, 30.9065, 7.8021)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9036 #3662BC

analogous

#BC4D36 #BC9036 #A5BC36

triadic

#BC9036 #36BC90 #9036BC

tetradic

#BC9036 #36BC4D #3662BC #BC36A5

square

#BC9036 #36BC4D #3662BC #BC36A5

split-complementary

#BC9036 #36A5BC #4D36BC

monochromatic

#5D471B #8C6C28 #BC9036 #D1AB5E #DFC48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC9036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BC9036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9036

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9036	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#A2902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.118 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b072',
    500: '#bc9036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9036;
$custom-light: #d4b072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67889,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.30904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9036

secondary

#859BC9

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9036

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

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