#BC9139#BC9139

#BC9139 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.116 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9139
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, 7.13, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 51.62, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.0157 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.116 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6049, 31.2398, 8.2354)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9139 #3964BC

analogous

#BC4F39 #BC9139 #A5BC39

triadic

#BC9139 #39BC91 #9139BC

tetradic

#BC9139 #39BC4F #3964BC #BC39A5

square

#BC9139 #39BC4F #3964BC #BC39A5

split-complementary

#BC9139 #39A5BC #4F39BC

monochromatic

#5E491D #8D6D2B #BC9139 #D0AC63 #DEC592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BC9139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BC9139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9139

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9139	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)

#A3912E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.116 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b174',
    500: '#bc9139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9139;
$custom-light: #d4b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68117,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9139

secondary

#889DC9

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9139

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

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