#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
RGBrgb(188, 149, 50)
HSLhsl(43, 58%, 47%)
HSVhsv(43, 73%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.7%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.69, 4.59, 55.10)
CIE-LCHlch(63.69, 55.29, 85.24°)
OKLaboklab(68.87% 0.0075 0.1221)
OKLCHoklch(68.87% 0.122 86.5)
XYZxyz(32.0641, 32.4187, 7.5856)
Luminance0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##BC95321.002.817.487.48
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4821.001.001.00
##0000007.4821.001.001.00

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

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#BC9532 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva