#BC9838#BC9838

#BC9838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9838
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 3.26, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 53.53, 86.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% 0.0044 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.12 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6829, 33.4354, 8.4729)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9838 #385CBC

analogous

#BC5638 #BC9838 #9EBC38

triadic

#BC9838 #38BC98 #9838BC

tetradic

#BC9838 #38BC56 #385CBC #BC389E

square

#BC9838 #38BC56 #385CBC #BC389E

split-complementary

#BC9838 #389EBC #5638BC

monochromatic

#5E4C1C #8D722A #BC9838 #D0B261 #DEC990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9838

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9838	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b674',
    500: '#bc9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9838;
$custom-light: #d4b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69532,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9838

secondary

#8799C9

accent

#72DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9838

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

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