#BC9138#BC9138

#BC9138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9138
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, 7.08, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 52.04, 82.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.0154 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.117 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5802, 31.2299, 8.1053)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9138 #3863BC

analogous

#BC4F38 #BC9138 #A5BC38

triadic

#BC9138 #38BC91 #9138BC

tetradic

#BC9138 #38BC4F #3863BC #BC38A5

square

#BC9138 #38BC4F #3863BC #BC38A5

split-complementary

#BC9138 #38A5BC #4F38BC

monochromatic

#5E481C #8D6D2A #BC9138 #D0AC61 #DEC590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BC9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BC9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9138

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9138	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b173',
    500: '#bc9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9138;
$custom-light: #d4b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68108,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9138

secondary

#879CC9

accent

#7ADD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9138

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

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