#BC9538#BC9538

#BC9538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.118 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9538
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 4.89, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 52.85, 84.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0091 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.118 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2022, 32.4739, 8.3126)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9538 #385FBC

analogous

#BC5338 #BC9538 #A1BC38

triadic

#BC9538 #38BC95 #9538BC

tetradic

#BC9538 #38BC53 #385FBC #BC38A1

square

#BC9538 #38BC53 #385FBC #BC38A1

split-complementary

#BC9538 #38A1BC #5338BC

monochromatic

#5E4A1C #8D702A #BC9538 #D0AF61 #DEC790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BC9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9538

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9538	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)

#A7942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.118 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b374',
    500: '#bc9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9538;
$custom-light: #d4b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68918,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9538

secondary

#879AC9

accent

#76DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9538

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

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