#BC9938#BC9938

#BC9938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9938
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 2.72, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 53.76, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0028 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.12 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8459, 33.7614, 8.5272)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9938 #385BBC

analogous

#BC5738 #BC9938 #9DBC38

triadic

#BC9938 #38BC99 #9938BC

tetradic

#BC9938 #38BC57 #385BBC #BC389D

square

#BC9938 #38BC57 #385BBC #BC389D

split-complementary

#BC9938 #389DBC #5738BC

monochromatic

#5E4C1C #8D732A #BC9938 #D0B361 #DEC990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9938

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9938	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)

#AA982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b674',
    500: '#bc9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9938;
$custom-light: #d4b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69737,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9938

secondary

#8798C9

accent

#71DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9938

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

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