#BC9437#BC9437

#BC9437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.119 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9437
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 5.38, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 53.06, 84.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.0104 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.119 85)
XYZ	xyz(32.0204, 32.1492, 8.1326)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9437 #375FBC

analogous

#BC5137 #BC9437 #A1BC37

triadic

#BC9437 #37BC94 #9437BC

tetradic

#BC9437 #37BC51 #375FBC #BC37A1

square

#BC9437 #37BC51 #375FBC #BC37A1

split-complementary

#BC9437 #37A1BC #5137BC

monochromatic

#5D491B #8D6F29 #BC9437 #D0AF60 #DEC68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BC9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9437

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9437	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)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.119 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b373',
    500: '#bc9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9437;
$custom-light: #d4b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68706,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.32147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9437

secondary

#869AC9

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9437

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

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