#BC9037#BC9037

#BC9037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.117 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9037
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 7.57, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 52.28, 81.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0167 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.117 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4038, 30.9160, 7.9270)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9037 #3763BC

analogous

#BC4D37 #BC9037 #A6BC37

triadic

#BC9037 #37BC90 #9037BC

tetradic

#BC9037 #37BC4D #3763BC #BC37A6

square

#BC9037 #37BC4D #3763BC #BC37A6

split-complementary

#BC9037 #37A6BC #4D37BC

monochromatic

#5D471B #8D6C29 #BC9037 #D0AB60 #DEC48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC9037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BC9037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9037

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9037	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)

#A2902C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.117 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b073',
    500: '#bc9037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9037;
$custom-light: #d4b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67898,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9037

secondary

#869CC9

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9037

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

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