#BC9740#BC9740

#BC9740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.113 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9740
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 4.26, 49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 49.86, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0083 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.113 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7328, 33.1968, 9.5331)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9740 #4065BC

analogous

#BC5940 #BC9740 #A3BC40

triadic

#BC9740 #40BC97 #9740BC

tetradic

#BC9740 #40BC59 #4065BC #BC40A3

square

#BC9740 #40BC59 #4065BC #BC40A3

split-complementary

#BC9740 #40A3BC #5940BC

monochromatic

#614E21 #8E7230 #BC9740 #CDB06C #DDC99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BC9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9740

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9740	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.113 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b579',
    500: '#bc9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9740;
$custom-light: #d4b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.097,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69402,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9740

secondary

#8FA0C9

accent

#78D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9740

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

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