#BC9840#BC9840

#BC9840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9840
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 3.72, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 50.09, 85.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0067 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.114 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8945, 33.5200, 9.5869)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9840 #4064BC

analogous

#BC5A40 #BC9840 #A2BC40

triadic

#BC9840 #40BC98 #9840BC

tetradic

#BC9840 #40BC5A #4064BC #BC40A2

square

#BC9840 #40BC5A #4064BC #BC40A2

split-complementary

#BC9840 #40A2BC #5A40BC

monochromatic

#614E21 #8E7330 #BC9840 #CDB16C #DDC99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BC9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9840

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9840	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b679',
    500: '#bc9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9840;
$custom-light: #d4b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69607,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9840

secondary

#8FA0C9

accent

#77D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9840

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

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