#BC9433#BC9433

#BC9433 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.121 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9433
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 5.18, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 54.68, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.0093 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.121 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9284, 32.1124, 7.6480)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9433 #335BBC

analogous

#BC5033 #BC9433 #A0BC33

triadic

#BC9433 #33BC94 #9433BC

tetradic

#BC9433 #33BC50 #335BBC #BC33A0

square

#BC9433 #33BC50 #335BBC #BC33A0

split-complementary

#BC9433 #33A0BC #5033BC

monochromatic

#5C4819 #8C6E26 #BC9433 #D2AF5A #DFC68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC9433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BC9433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9433

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9433	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)

#A69325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.121 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b371',
    500: '#bc9433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9433;
$custom-light: #d4b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68673,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9433

secondary

#8196C9

accent

#74E147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9433

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

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