#BC9635#BC9635

#BC9635 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.121 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9635
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 4.19, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 54.30, 85.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0067 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.121 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2899, 32.7632, 7.9907)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9635 #355BBC

analogous

#BC5235 #BC9635 #9FBC35

triadic

#BC9635 #35BC96 #9635BC

tetradic

#BC9635 #35BC52 #355BBC #BC359F

square

#BC9635 #35BC52 #355BBC #BC359F

split-complementary

#BC9635 #359FBC #5235BC

monochromatic

#5D4A1A #8C7028 #BC9635 #D1B15D #DFC88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC9635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BC9635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9635

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9635	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.121 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b472',
    500: '#bc9635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9635;
$custom-light: #d4b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69097,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9635

secondary

#8497C9

accent

#73DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9635

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →