#BC9528#BC9528

#BC9528 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.128 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9528
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 4.16, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 58.98, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.0051 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.128 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8715, 32.3416, 6.5710)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9528 #284FBC

analogous

#BC4B28 #BC9528 #99BC28

triadic

#BC9528 #28BC95 #9528BC

tetradic

#BC9528 #28BC4B #284FBC #BC2899

square

#BC9528 #28BC4B #284FBC #BC2899

split-complementary

#BC9528 #2899BC #4B28BC

monochromatic

#574513 #8A6D1D #BC9528 #D8B249 #E3C87B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC9528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BC9528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9528

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9528	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)

#A79412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.128 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b36b',
    500: '#bc9528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9528;
$custom-light: #d5b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.189,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68798,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9528

secondary

#758BCB

accent

#6CE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9528

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

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