#BC9737#BC9737

#BC9737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.120 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9737
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, 3.75, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 53.71, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0057 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.12 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4971, 33.1025, 8.2915)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9737 #375CBC

analogous

#BC5437 #BC9737 #9FBC37

triadic

#BC9737 #37BC97 #9737BC

tetradic

#BC9737 #37BC54 #375CBC #BC379F

square

#BC9737 #37BC54 #375CBC #BC379F

split-complementary

#BC9737 #379FBC #5437BC

monochromatic

#5D4B1B #8D7129 #BC9737 #D0B160 #DEC88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BC9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9737

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9737	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.120 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b573',
    500: '#bc9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9737;
$custom-light: #d4b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.308,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69318,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9737

secondary

#8699C9

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9737

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

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