#BC9636#BC9636

#BC9636 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.120 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9636
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 4.24, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 53.90, 85.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.007 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.12 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3131, 32.7725, 8.1131)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9636 #365CBC

analogous

#BC5336 #BC9636 #9FBC36

triadic

#BC9636 #36BC96 #9636BC

tetradic

#BC9636 #36BC53 #365CBC #BC369F

square

#BC9636 #36BC53 #365CBC #BC369F

split-complementary

#BC9636 #369FBC #5336BC

monochromatic

#5D4A1B #8C7028 #BC9636 #D1B05E #DFC88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC9636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BC9636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9636

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9636	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)

#A89529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.120 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b473',
    500: '#bc9636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9636;
$custom-light: #d4b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69105,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9636

secondary

#8598C9

accent

#74DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9636

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →