#BC9436#BC9436

#BC9436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.119 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9436
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, 5.33, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 53.47, 84.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.0101 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.119 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9967, 32.1397, 8.0076)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9436 #365EBC

analogous

#BC5136 #BC9436 #A1BC36

triadic

#BC9436 #36BC94 #9436BC

tetradic

#BC9436 #36BC51 #365EBC #BC36A1

square

#BC9436 #36BC51 #365EBC #BC36A1

split-complementary

#BC9436 #36A1BC #5136BC

monochromatic

#5D491B #8C6F28 #BC9436 #D1AF5E #DFC68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC9436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BC9436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9436

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9436	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.119 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b372',
    500: '#bc9436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9436;
$custom-light: #d4b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68697,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9436

secondary

#8599C9

accent

#76DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9436

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

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