#BC9735#BC9735

#BC9735 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9735
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 3.65, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 54.53, 86.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.0051 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.121 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4501, 33.0837, 8.0441)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9735 #355ABC

analogous

#BC5435 #BC9735 #9DBC35

triadic

#BC9735 #35BC97 #9735BC

tetradic

#BC9735 #35BC54 #355ABC #BC359D

square

#BC9735 #35BC54 #355ABC #BC359D

split-complementary

#BC9735 #359DBC #5435BC

monochromatic

#5D4A1A #8C7128 #BC9735 #D1B15D #DFC88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC9735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BC9735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9735

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9735	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b572',
    500: '#bc9735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9735;
$custom-light: #d4b572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69301,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9735

secondary

#8497C9

accent

#72DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9735

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

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