#BC9335#BC9335

#BC9335 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.120 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9335
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, 5.83, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 53.67, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0114 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.12 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8173, 31.8180, 7.8332)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9335 #355EBC

analogous

#BC5035 #BC9335 #A2BC35

triadic

#BC9335 #35BC93 #9335BC

tetradic

#BC9335 #35BC50 #355EBC #BC35A2

square

#BC9335 #35BC50 #355EBC #BC35A2

split-complementary

#BC9335 #35A2BC #5035BC

monochromatic

#5D481A #8C6E28 #BC9335 #D1AE5D #DFC68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC9335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BC9335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9335

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9335	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.120 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b272',
    500: '#bc9335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9335;
$custom-light: #d4b272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68486,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9335

secondary

#8499C9

accent

#76DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9335

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

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