#BC9A37#BC9A37

#BC9A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A37
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 2.12, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 54.42, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.001 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.122 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9861, 34.0804, 8.4545)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A37 #3759BC

analogous

#BC5837 #BC9A37 #9BBC37

triadic

#BC9A37 #37BC9A #9A37BC

tetradic

#BC9A37 #37BC58 #3759BC #BC379B

square

#BC9A37 #37BC58 #3759BC #BC379B

split-complementary

#BC9A37 #379BBC #5837BC

monochromatic

#5D4C1B #8D7329 #BC9A37 #D0B460 #DECA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC9A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A37

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A37	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b773',
    500: '#bc9a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a37;
$custom-light: #d4b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.662,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69934,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A37

secondary

#8697C9

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A37

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

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