#BC9432#BC9432

#BC9432 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.122 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9432
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 50)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 5.13, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 55.08, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0091 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.122 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9066, 32.1036, 7.5331)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9432 #325ABC

analogous

#BC4F32 #BC9432 #9FBC32

triadic

#BC9432 #32BC94 #9432BC

tetradic

#BC9432 #32BC4F #325ABC #BC329F

square

#BC9432 #32BC4F #325ABC #BC329F

split-complementary

#BC9432 #329FBC #4F32BC

monochromatic

#5B4818 #8C6E25 #BC9432 #D3AF58 #E0C689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC9432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BC9432 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9432

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9432	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.122 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b370',
    500: '#bc9432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9432;
$custom-light: #d4b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68665,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9432

secondary

#8096C9

accent

#73E147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9432

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

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