#BC9532#BC9532

#BC9532 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.122 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9532
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 50)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 4.59, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 55.29, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% 0.0075 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.122 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0641, 32.4187, 7.5856)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9532 #3259BC

analogous

#BC5032 #BC9532 #9EBC32

triadic

#BC9532 #32BC95 #9532BC

tetradic

#BC9532 #32BC50 #3259BC #BC329E

square

#BC9532 #32BC50 #3259BC #BC329E

split-complementary

#BC9532 #329EBC #5032BC

monochromatic

#5B4818 #8C6F25 #BC9532 #D3B058 #E0C789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC9532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BC9532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9532

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9532	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)

#A79423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.122 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b370',
    500: '#bc9532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9532;
$custom-light: #d4b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68868,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9532

secondary

#8095C9

accent

#72E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9532

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

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