#BC9039#BC9039

#BC9039 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.116 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9039
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, 7.68, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 51.43, 81.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0173 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.116 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4527, 30.9355, 8.1847)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9039 #3965BC

analogous

#BC4E39 #BC9039 #A6BC39

triadic

#BC9039 #39BC90 #9039BC

tetradic

#BC9039 #39BC4E #3965BC #BC39A6

square

#BC9039 #39BC4E #3965BC #BC39A6

split-complementary

#BC9039 #39A6BC #4E39BC

monochromatic

#5E481D #8D6C2B #BC9039 #D0AB63 #DEC492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC9039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BC9039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9039

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9039	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.116 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b074',
    500: '#bc9039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9039;
$custom-light: #d4b074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.847,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67916,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9039

secondary

#889EC9

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9039

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

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