#BC9540#BC9540

#BC9540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.112 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9540
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 5.35, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 49.40, 83.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0115 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.112 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4137, 32.5585, 9.4267)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9540 #4067BC

analogous

#BC5740 #BC9540 #A5BC40

triadic

#BC9540 #40BC95 #9540BC

tetradic

#BC9540 #40BC57 #4067BC #BC40A5

square

#BC9540 #40BC57 #4067BC #BC40A5

split-complementary

#BC9540 #40A5BC #5740BC

monochromatic

#614D21 #8E7130 #BC9540 #CDAF6C #DDC89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BC9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9540

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9540	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.112 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b378',
    500: '#bc9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9540;
$custom-light: #d4b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.129,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68995,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9540

secondary

#8FA1C9

accent

#7AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9540

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

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