#BC9336#BC9336

#BC9336 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.119 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9336
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 5.88, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 53.27, 83.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0117 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.119 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8405, 31.8273, 7.9556)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9336 #365FBC

analogous

#BC5036 #BC9336 #A2BC36

triadic

#BC9336 #36BC93 #9336BC

tetradic

#BC9336 #36BC50 #365FBC #BC36A2

square

#BC9336 #36BC50 #365FBC #BC36A2

split-complementary

#BC9336 #36A2BC #5036BC

monochromatic

#5D491B #8C6E28 #BC9336 #D1AE5E #DFC68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC9336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BC9336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9336

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9336	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)

#A5932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.119 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b272',
    500: '#bc9336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9336;
$custom-light: #d4b272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68495,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9336

secondary

#859AC9

accent

#77DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9336

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

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