#BC9937#BC9937

#BC9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.121 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9937
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 2.66, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 54.18, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0025 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.121 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8217, 33.7517, 8.3997)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9937 #375ABC

analogous

#BC5737 #BC9937 #9CBC37

triadic

#BC9937 #37BC99 #9937BC

tetradic

#BC9937 #37BC57 #375ABC #BC379C

square

#BC9937 #37BC57 #375ABC #BC379C

split-complementary

#BC9937 #379CBC #5737BC

monochromatic

#5D4C1B #8D7229 #BC9937 #D0B360 #DEC98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9937

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9937	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.121 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b673',
    500: '#bc9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9937;
$custom-light: #d4b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69728,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9937

secondary

#8698C9

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9937

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

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