#BC9333#BC9333

#BC9333 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.121 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9333
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 5.73, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 54.48, 83.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0109 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.121 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7722, 31.8000, 7.5959)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9333 #335CBC

analogous

#BC4F33 #BC9333 #A1BC33

triadic

#BC9333 #33BC93 #9333BC

tetradic

#BC9333 #33BC4F #335CBC #BC33A1

square

#BC9333 #33BC4F #335CBC #BC33A1

split-complementary

#BC9333 #33A1BC #4F33BC

monochromatic

#5C4819 #8C6D26 #BC9333 #D2AE5A #DFC68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC9333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BC9333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9333

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9333	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.121 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b271',
    500: '#bc9333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9333;
$custom-light: #d4b271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68469,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9333

secondary

#8197C9

accent

#75E147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9333

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →