#BC9137#BC9137

#BC9137 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9137
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, 7.02, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 52.46, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% 0.0151 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.117 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5559, 31.2202, 7.9778)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9137 #3762BC

analogous

#BC4F37 #BC9137 #A4BC37

triadic

#BC9137 #37BC91 #9137BC

tetradic

#BC9137 #37BC4F #3762BC #BC37A4

square

#BC9137 #37BC4F #3762BC #BC37A4

split-complementary

#BC9137 #37A4BC #4F37BC

monochromatic

#5D481B #8D6C29 #BC9137 #D0AC60 #DEC58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BC9137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#BC9137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9137

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9137	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)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b173',
    500: '#bc9137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9137;
$custom-light: #d4b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.602,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68099,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9137

secondary

#869CC9

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9137

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

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