#BC9537#BC9537

#BC9537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.119 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9537
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 4.84, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 53.27, 84.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% 0.0088 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.119 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1780, 32.4642, 8.1851)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9537 #375EBC

analogous

#BC5237 #BC9537 #A1BC37

triadic

#BC9537 #37BC95 #9537BC

tetradic

#BC9537 #37BC52 #375EBC #BC37A1

square

#BC9537 #37BC52 #375EBC #BC37A1

split-complementary

#BC9537 #37A1BC #5237BC

monochromatic

#5D4A1B #8D6F29 #BC9537 #D0AF60 #DEC78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BC9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9537

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9537	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.119 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b373',
    500: '#bc9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9537;
$custom-light: #d4b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.406,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6891,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9537

secondary

#869AC9

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9537

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

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