#BC9040#BC9040

#BC9040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.111 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC9040
RGBrgb(188, 144, 64)
HSLhsl(39, 49%, 49%)
HSVhsv(39, 66%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.52, 8.09, 47.71)
CIE-LCHlch(62.52, 48.39, 80.37°)
OKLaboklab(67.99% 0.0194 0.1089)
OKLCHoklch(67.99% 0.111 79.9)
XYZxyz(31.6396, 31.0103, 9.1686)
Luminance0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC9040 #406CBC
analogous
#BC5240 #BC9040 #AABC40
triadic
#BC9040 #40BC90 #9040BC
tetradic
#BC9040 #40BC52 #406CBC #BC40AA
square
#BC9040 #40BC52 #406CBC #BC40AA
split-complementary
#BC9040 #40AABC #5240BC
monochromatic
#614A21 #8E6D30 #BC9040 #CDAB6C #DDC59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92
#BC9040 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20
#BC9040 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9040
7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC9040#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC90401.002.927.207.20
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2021.001.001.00
##0000007.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A29137
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9C43
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC837F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc9040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.111 79.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b078',
    500: '#bc9040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc9040;
$custom-light: #d4b078;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc9040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67986,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC9040
secondary
#8FA4C9
accent
#80D94F
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#151009
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9040

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#BC9040 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva