#BC9834#BC9834

#BC9834 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9834
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 52)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 3.05, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 55.16, 86.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0033 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.122 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5890, 33.3979, 7.9781)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9834 #3458BC

analogous

#BC5434 #BC9834 #9CBC34

triadic

#BC9834 #34BC98 #9834BC

tetradic

#BC9834 #34BC54 #3458BC #BC349C

square

#BC9834 #34BC54 #3458BC #BC349C

split-complementary

#BC9834 #349CBC #5434BC

monochromatic

#5C4A19 #8C7127 #BC9834 #D2B25B #DFC98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BC9834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9834

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9834	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#AA9726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b672',
    500: '#bc9834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9834;
$custom-light: #d4b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69498,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9834

secondary

#8395C9

accent

#70E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9834

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

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