#BC9637#BC9637

#BC9637 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.119 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9637
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 4.29, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 53.49, 85.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0072 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.119 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3368, 32.7820, 8.2381)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9637 #375DBC

analogous

#BC5337 #BC9637 #A0BC37

triadic

#BC9637 #37BC96 #9637BC

tetradic

#BC9637 #37BC53 #375DBC #BC37A0

square

#BC9637 #37BC53 #375DBC #BC37A0

split-complementary

#BC9637 #37A0BC #5337BC

monochromatic

#5D4A1B #8D7029 #BC9637 #D0B060 #DEC88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC9637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BC9637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9637

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9637	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.119 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b473',
    500: '#bc9637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9637;
$custom-light: #d4b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69113,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9637

secondary

#8699C9

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9637

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

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