#BC9530#BC9530

#BC9530 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.124 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9530
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 4.49, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 56.07, 85.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.007 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.124 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0219, 32.4018, 7.3633)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9530 #3057BC

analogous

#BC4F30 #BC9530 #9DBC30

triadic

#BC9530 #30BC95 #9530BC

tetradic

#BC9530 #30BC4F #3057BC #BC309D

square

#BC9530 #30BC4F #3057BC #BC309D

split-complementary

#BC9530 #309DBC #4F30BC

monochromatic

#5A4817 #8B6E24 #BC9530 #D4B155 #E0C786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC9530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BC9530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9530

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9530	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.124 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b36f',
    500: '#bc9530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9530;
$custom-light: #d4b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68853,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9530

secondary

#7E93CA

accent

#71E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9530

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

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