#BC9939#BC9939

#BC9939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9939
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 2.77, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 53.35, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0031 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.12 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8706, 33.7713, 8.6573)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9939 #395CBC

analogous

#BC5739 #BC9939 #9EBC39

triadic

#BC9939 #39BC99 #9939BC

tetradic

#BC9939 #39BC57 #395CBC #BC399E

square

#BC9939 #39BC57 #395CBC #BC399E

split-complementary

#BC9939 #399EBC #5739BC

monochromatic

#5E4D1D #8D732B #BC9939 #D0B263 #DEC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC9939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9939

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9939	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)

#AA982D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b675',
    500: '#bc9939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9939;
$custom-light: #d4b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.969,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69746,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9939

secondary

#8899C9

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9939

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

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