#BC9539#BC9539

#BC9539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.118 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9539
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 4.95, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 52.43, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% 0.0094 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.118 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2269, 32.4838, 8.4427)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9539 #3960BC

analogous

#BC5339 #BC9539 #A1BC39

triadic

#BC9539 #39BC95 #9539BC

tetradic

#BC9539 #39BC53 #3960BC #BC39A1

square

#BC9539 #39BC53 #3960BC #BC39A1

split-complementary

#BC9539 #39A1BC #5339BC

monochromatic

#5E4B1D #8D702B #BC9539 #D0AF63 #DEC792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC9539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9539

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9539	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.118 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b374',
    500: '#bc9539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9539;
$custom-light: #d4b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68927,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9539

secondary

#889BC9

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9539

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

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