#BC9533#BC9533

#BC9533 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.122 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9533
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 4.64, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 54.89, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% 0.0077 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.122 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0859, 32.4274, 7.7005)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9533 #335ABC

analogous

#BC5133 #BC9533 #9FBC33

triadic

#BC9533 #33BC95 #9533BC

tetradic

#BC9533 #33BC51 #335ABC #BC339F

square

#BC9533 #33BC51 #335ABC #BC339F

split-complementary

#BC9533 #339FBC #5133BC

monochromatic

#5C4919 #8C6F26 #BC9533 #D2B05A #DFC78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BC9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9533

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9533	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.122 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b371',
    500: '#bc9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9533;
$custom-light: #d4b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.92,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68876,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9533

secondary

#8196C9

accent

#73E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9533

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

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