#BC9831#BC9831

#BC9831 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9831
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 2.91, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 56.33, 87.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0025 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.124 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5235, 33.3717, 7.6335)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9831 #3155BC

analogous

#BC5231 #BC9831 #9BBC31

triadic

#BC9831 #31BC98 #9831BC

tetradic

#BC9831 #31BC52 #3155BC #BC319B

square

#BC9831 #31BC52 #3155BC #BC319B

split-complementary

#BC9831 #319BBC #5231BC

monochromatic

#5B4918 #8B7124 #BC9831 #D3B357 #E0C988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC9831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BC9831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9831

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9831	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)

#AA9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b670',
    500: '#bc9831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9831;
$custom-light: #d4b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.46,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69475,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9831

secondary

#7F92CA

accent

#6EE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9831

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

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