#BC9535#BC9535

#BC9535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.120 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9535
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, 4.73, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 54.09, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% 0.0083 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.12 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1310, 32.4454, 7.9377)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9535 #355CBC

analogous

#BC5235 #BC9535 #9FBC35

triadic

#BC9535 #35BC95 #9535BC

tetradic

#BC9535 #35BC52 #355CBC #BC359F

square

#BC9535 #35BC52 #355CBC #BC359F

split-complementary

#BC9535 #359FBC #5235BC

monochromatic

#5D491A #8C6F28 #BC9535 #D1B05D #DFC78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BC9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9535

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9535	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)

#A79428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.120 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b372',
    500: '#bc9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9535;
$custom-light: #d4b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68893,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9535

secondary

#8498C9

accent

#74DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9535

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

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