#BC9527#BC9527

#BC9527 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.129 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9527
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 4.12, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 59.32, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0049 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.129 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8547, 32.3349, 6.4825)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9527 #274EBC

analogous

#BC4A27 #BC9527 #99BC27

triadic

#BC9527 #27BC95 #9527BC

tetradic

#BC9527 #27BC4A #274EBC #BC2799

square

#BC9527 #27BC4A #274EBC #BC2799

split-complementary

#BC9527 #2799BC #4A27BC

monochromatic

#574512 #896D1C #BC9527 #D9B347 #E3C87A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BC9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9527

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9527	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7940F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.129 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b36b',
    500: '#bc9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9527;
$custom-light: #d5b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.295,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68792,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9527

secondary

#738ACB

accent

#6CE93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9527

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

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