#BC9940#BC9940

#BC9940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9940
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 3.18, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 50.34, 86.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.0051 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.114 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0574, 33.8460, 9.6413)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9940 #4063BC

analogous

#BC5B40 #BC9940 #A1BC40

triadic

#BC9940 #40BC99 #9940BC

tetradic

#BC9940 #40BC5B #4063BC #BC40A1

square

#BC9940 #40BC5B #4063BC #BC40A1

split-complementary

#BC9940 #40A1BC #5B40BC

monochromatic

#614F21 #8E7430 #BC9940 #CDB26C #DDCA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9940

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9940	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b679',
    500: '#bc9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9940;
$custom-light: #d4b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.065,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69812,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9940

secondary

#8F9FC9

accent

#76D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9940

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

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