#BC9338#BC9338

#BC9338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.117 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9338
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 5.98, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 52.43, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0123 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.117 84)
XYZ	xyz(31.8885, 31.8465, 8.2080)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9338 #3861BC

analogous

#BC5138 #BC9338 #A3BC38

triadic

#BC9338 #38BC93 #9338BC

tetradic

#BC9338 #38BC51 #3861BC #BC38A3

square

#BC9338 #38BC51 #3861BC #BC38A3

split-complementary

#BC9338 #38A3BC #5138BC

monochromatic

#5E491C #8D6E2A #BC9338 #D0AE61 #DEC690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC9338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BC9338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9338

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9338	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.117 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b273',
    500: '#bc9338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9338;
$custom-light: #d4b273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68512,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.31844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9338

secondary

#879BC9

accent

#78DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9338

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

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