#BC9238#BC9238

#BC9238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.117 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9238
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, 6.53, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 52.24, 82.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.0138 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.117 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7336, 31.5369, 8.1564)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9238 #3862BC

analogous

#BC5038 #BC9238 #A4BC38

triadic

#BC9238 #38BC92 #9238BC

tetradic

#BC9238 #38BC50 #3862BC #BC38A4

square

#BC9238 #38BC50 #3862BC #BC38A4

split-complementary

#BC9238 #38A4BC #5038BC

monochromatic

#5E491C #8D6D2A #BC9238 #D0AD61 #DEC590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BC9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9238

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9238	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.117 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b173',
    500: '#bc9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9238;
$custom-light: #d4b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6831,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9238

secondary

#879CC9

accent

#79DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9238

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

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