#BC9739#BC9739

#BC9739 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.119 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9739
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 3.86, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 52.88, 85.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0062 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.119 87)
XYZ	xyz(32.5460, 33.1221, 8.5491)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9739 #395EBC

analogous

#BC5539 #BC9739 #9FBC39

triadic

#BC9739 #39BC97 #9739BC

tetradic

#BC9739 #39BC55 #395EBC #BC399F

square

#BC9739 #39BC55 #395EBC #BC399F

split-complementary

#BC9739 #399FBC #5539BC

monochromatic

#5E4C1D #8D712B #BC9739 #D0B163 #DEC892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BC9739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9739

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9739	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	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)

#A8962D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.119 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b574',
    500: '#bc9739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9739;
$custom-light: #d4b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.053,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69335,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.3312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9739

secondary

#889AC9

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9739

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

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