All About Color #BC9938

#BC9938

About #BC9938

#BC9938 is a medium orange color with the hex code #BC9938. In RGB it is red 188, green 153, blue 56; in HSL it is hue 44°, saturation 54%, lightness 48%; in CMYK it is 0%, 19%, 70%, 26%. Its contrast ratio is 2.71:1 on white and 7.75:1 on black.

#BC9938 Color Conversion

Hex tripletBC, 99, 38
CMYK0.00%, 18.62%, 70.21%, 26.27%
RGB Decimal188, 153, 56
HSL44°, 54%, 48%
RGB Octal274, 231, 70
HSV (HSB)44.09°, 70.21%, 73.73%
RGB Binary10111100, 10011001, 111000
CIE-L*AB64.77, 2.72, 53.69
RGB Percent73.73%, 60.00%, 21.96%
CIE-L*CH64.77, 53.76, 87.10
XYZ32.84, 33.76, 8.53
CIE-L*UV64.77, 29.28, 58.62
xyY0.44, 0.45, 33.76
Hunter-Lab58.10, -0.78, 31.97
RYB40.64%, 73.73%, 21.96%

Color Accessibility Scores

#BC9938 on a dark background: contrast 7.75:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#BC9938 on a light background: contrast 2.71:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #BC9938, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#BC9938 · #D7BE79 · #766023 · #385CBC · #7992D7

Analogous palette

#BC385C · #BC5738 · #BC9938 · #9EBC38 · #5CBC38

Triadic palette

#BC9938 · #38BC99 · #9938BC · #D7BE79 · #79D7BE

Tetradic palette

#BC9938 · #38BC57 · #385CBC · #BC389E · #766023

Monochromatic palette

#473915 · #826927 · #BC9938 · #D4B86E · #E5D5A9

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