#BC9830#BC9830

#BC9830 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.125 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9830
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 2.86, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 56.72, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0023 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.125 89)
XYZ	xyz(32.5027, 33.3633, 7.5236)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9830 #3054BC

analogous

#BC5230 #BC9830 #9ABC30

triadic

#BC9830 #30BC98 #9830BC

tetradic

#BC9830 #30BC52 #3054BC #BC309A

square

#BC9830 #30BC52 #3054BC #BC309A

split-complementary

#BC9830 #309ABC #5230BC

monochromatic

#5A4917 #8B7124 #BC9830 #D4B355 #E0C986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC9830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BC9830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9830

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9830	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.125 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b66f',
    500: '#bc9830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9830;
$custom-light: #d4b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69467,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.33361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9830

secondary

#7E92CA

accent

#6EE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9830

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

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