#BC9531#BC9531

#BC9531 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9531
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 4.54, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 55.68, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0072 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.123 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0428, 32.4102, 7.4732)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9531 #3158BC

analogous

#BC4F31 #BC9531 #9EBC31

triadic

#BC9531 #31BC95 #9531BC

tetradic

#BC9531 #31BC4F #3158BC #BC319E

square

#BC9531 #31BC4F #3158BC #BC319E

split-complementary

#BC9531 #319EBC #4F31BC

monochromatic

#5B4818 #8B6F24 #BC9531 #D3B057 #E0C788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BC9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9531

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9531	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)

#A79422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b370',
    500: '#bc9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9531;
$custom-light: #d4b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.165,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68861,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9531

secondary

#7F94CA

accent

#72E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9531

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

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