#BC9236#BC9236

#BC9236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.118 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9236
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, 6.42, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 53.07, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0133 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.118 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6857, 31.5177, 7.9040)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9236 #3660BC

analogous

#BC4F36 #BC9236 #A3BC36

triadic

#BC9236 #36BC92 #9236BC

tetradic

#BC9236 #36BC4F #3660BC #BC36A3

square

#BC9236 #36BC4F #3660BC #BC36A3

split-complementary

#BC9236 #36A3BC #4F36BC

monochromatic

#5D481B #8C6D28 #BC9236 #D1AD5E #DFC58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BC9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9236

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9236	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.118 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b172',
    500: '#bc9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9236;
$custom-light: #d4b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68292,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9236

secondary

#859AC9

accent

#78DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9236

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

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