#BC9237#BC9237

#BC9237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.118 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9237
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 6.48, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 52.65, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.0136 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.118 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7094, 31.5272, 8.0289)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9237 #3761BC

analogous

#BC5037 #BC9237 #A3BC37

triadic

#BC9237 #37BC92 #9237BC

tetradic

#BC9237 #37BC50 #3761BC #BC37A3

square

#BC9237 #37BC50 #3761BC #BC37A3

split-complementary

#BC9237 #37A3BC #5037BC

monochromatic

#5D481B #8D6D29 #BC9237 #D0AD60 #DEC58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BC9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9237

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9237	1.00	2.87	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.87	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)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.118 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b173',
    500: '#bc9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9237;
$custom-light: #d4b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68301,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9237

secondary

#869BC9

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9237

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

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