#BC9833#BC9833

#BC9833 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9833
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 3.00, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 55.55, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.003 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.123 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5667, 33.3889, 7.8607)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9833 #3357BC

analogous

#BC5433 #BC9833 #9BBC33

triadic

#BC9833 #33BC98 #9833BC

tetradic

#BC9833 #33BC54 #3357BC #BC339B

square

#BC9833 #33BC54 #3357BC #BC339B

split-complementary

#BC9833 #339BBC #5433BC

monochromatic

#5C4A19 #8C7126 #BC9833 #D2B35A #DFC98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC9833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BC9833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9833

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9833	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b671',
    500: '#bc9833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9833;
$custom-light: #d4b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.234,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6949,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9833

secondary

#8194C9

accent

#70E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9833

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

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