#BC9038#BC9038

#BC9038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.116 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9038
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 7.63, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 51.86, 81.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% 0.017 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.116 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4280, 30.9256, 8.0546)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9038 #3864BC

analogous

#BC4E38 #BC9038 #A6BC38

triadic

#BC9038 #38BC90 #9038BC

tetradic

#BC9038 #38BC4E #3864BC #BC38A6

square

#BC9038 #38BC4E #3864BC #BC38A6

split-complementary

#BC9038 #38A6BC #4E38BC

monochromatic

#5E481C #8D6C2A #BC9038 #D0AB61 #DEC490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC9038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BC9038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9038

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9038	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)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.116 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b073',
    500: '#bc9038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9038;
$custom-light: #d4b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67907,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9038

secondary

#879DC9

accent

#7BDD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9038

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

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