#BC9638#BC9638

#BC9638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.119 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9638
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 4.35, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 53.07, 85.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0075 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.119 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3611, 32.7917, 8.3656)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9638 #385EBC

analogous

#BC5438 #BC9638 #A0BC38

triadic

#BC9638 #38BC96 #9638BC

tetradic

#BC9638 #38BC54 #385EBC #BC38A0

square

#BC9638 #38BC54 #385EBC #BC38A0

split-complementary

#BC9638 #38A0BC #5438BC

monochromatic

#5E4B1C #8D702A #BC9638 #D0B061 #DEC890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BC9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9638

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9638	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)

#A8952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.119 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b474',
    500: '#bc9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9638;
$custom-light: #d4b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69122,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9638

secondary

#879AC9

accent

#75DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9638

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

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