#BC9136#BC9136

#BC9136 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.118 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9136
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, 6.97, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 52.88, 82.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0149 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.118 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5322, 31.2107, 7.8528)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9136 #3661BC

analogous

#BC4E36 #BC9136 #A4BC36

triadic

#BC9136 #36BC91 #9136BC

tetradic

#BC9136 #36BC4E #3661BC #BC36A4

square

#BC9136 #36BC4E #3661BC #BC36A4

split-complementary

#BC9136 #36A4BC #4E36BC

monochromatic

#5D481B #8C6C28 #BC9136 #D1AC5E #DFC58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BC9136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#BC9136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9136

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9136	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.118 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b172',
    500: '#bc9136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9136;
$custom-light: #d4b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.746,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6809,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9136

secondary

#859BC9

accent

#79DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9136

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

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