#BC9239#BC9239

#BC9239 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.116 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9239
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 6.58, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 51.81, 82.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.0141 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.116 83)
XYZ	xyz(31.7583, 31.5467, 8.2865)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9239 #3963BC

analogous

#BC5039 #BC9239 #A4BC39

triadic

#BC9239 #39BC92 #9239BC

tetradic

#BC9239 #39BC50 #3963BC #BC39A4

square

#BC9239 #39BC50 #3963BC #BC39A4

split-complementary

#BC9239 #39A4BC #5039BC

monochromatic

#5E491D #8D6E2B #BC9239 #D0AD63 #DEC592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC9239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BC9239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9239

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9239	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)

#A4922E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.116 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b174',
    500: '#bc9239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9239;
$custom-light: #d4b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.763,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68319,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.31545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9239

secondary

#889DC9

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9239

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

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