#BC9837#BC9837

#BC9837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9837
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 3.21, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 53.94, 86.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0041 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.12 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6587, 33.4257, 8.3453)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9837 #375BBC

analogous

#BC5537 #BC9837 #9EBC37

triadic

#BC9837 #37BC98 #9837BC

tetradic

#BC9837 #37BC55 #375BBC #BC379E

square

#BC9837 #37BC55 #375BBC #BC379E

split-complementary

#BC9837 #379EBC #5537BC

monochromatic

#5D4B1B #8D7229 #BC9837 #D0B260 #DEC98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BC9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9837

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9837	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b673',
    500: '#bc9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9837;
$custom-light: #d4b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.759,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69523,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9837

secondary

#8698C9

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9837

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

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