#BC9536#BC9536

#BC9536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.120 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9536
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 4.79, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 53.68, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0085 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.12 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1542, 32.4547, 8.0601)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9536 #365DBC

analogous

#BC5236 #BC9536 #A0BC36

triadic

#BC9536 #36BC95 #9536BC

tetradic

#BC9536 #36BC52 #365DBC #BC36A0

square

#BC9536 #36BC52 #365DBC #BC36A0

split-complementary

#BC9536 #36A0BC #5236BC

monochromatic

#5D4A1B #8C6F28 #BC9536 #D1B05E #DFC78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BC9536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9536

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9536	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)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.120 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b372',
    500: '#bc9536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9536;
$custom-light: #d4b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.537,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68901,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9536

secondary

#8599C9

accent

#75DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9536

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

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