#BC9534#BC9534

#BC9534 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9534
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 52)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, 4.68, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 54.49, 85.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% 0.008 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.121 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1082, 32.4363, 7.8178)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9534 #345BBC

analogous

#BC5134 #BC9534 #9FBC34

triadic

#BC9534 #34BC95 #9534BC

tetradic

#BC9534 #34BC51 #345BBC #BC349F

square

#BC9534 #34BC51 #345BBC #BC349F

split-complementary

#BC9534 #349FBC #5134BC

monochromatic

#5C4919 #8C6F27 #BC9534 #D2B05B #DFC78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BC9534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9534

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9534	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	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)

#A79426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b371',
    500: '#bc9534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9534;
$custom-light: #d4b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.794,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68884,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9534

secondary

#8397C9

accent

#73E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9534

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

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