#BC9839#BC9839

#BC9839 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9839
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, 3.31, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 53.11, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0046 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.119 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7076, 33.4453, 8.6030)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9839 #395DBC

analogous

#BC5639 #BC9839 #9FBC39

triadic

#BC9839 #39BC98 #9839BC

tetradic

#BC9839 #39BC56 #395DBC #BC399F

square

#BC9839 #39BC56 #395DBC #BC399F

split-complementary

#BC9839 #399FBC #5639BC

monochromatic

#5E4C1D #8D722B #BC9839 #D0B263 #DEC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC9839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9839

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9839	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)

#A9972D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b674',
    500: '#bc9839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9839;
$custom-light: #d4b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.511,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6954,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9839

secondary

#889AC9

accent

#73DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9839

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

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