#BC9435#BC9435

#BC9435 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.120 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9435
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 5.28, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 53.88, 84.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0098 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.12 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9735, 32.1304, 7.8852)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9435 #355DBC

analogous

#BC5035 #BC9435 #A1BC35

triadic

#BC9435 #35BC94 #9435BC

tetradic

#BC9435 #35BC50 #355DBC #BC35A1

square

#BC9435 #35BC50 #355DBC #BC35A1

split-complementary

#BC9435 #35A1BC #5035BC

monochromatic

#5D491A #8C6E28 #BC9435 #D1AF5D #DFC68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC9435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BC9435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9435

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9435	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.120 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b372',
    500: '#bc9435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9435;
$custom-light: #d4b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68689,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9435

secondary

#8498C9

accent

#75DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9435

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

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