#BC9736#BC9736

#BC9736 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9736
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, 3.70, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 54.12, 86.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0054 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.121 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4734, 33.0930, 8.1665)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9736 #365BBC

analogous

#BC5436 #BC9736 #9EBC36

triadic

#BC9736 #36BC97 #9736BC

tetradic

#BC9736 #36BC54 #365BBC #BC369E

square

#BC9736 #36BC54 #365BBC #BC369E

split-complementary

#BC9736 #369EBC #5436BC

monochromatic

#5D4B1B #8C7128 #BC9736 #D1B15E #DFC88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BC9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9736

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9736	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)

#A99629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b573',
    500: '#bc9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9736;
$custom-light: #d4b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69309,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9736

secondary

#8598C9

accent

#72DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9736

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

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