#BC9835#BC9835

#BC9835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9835
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 3.10, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 54.75, 86.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0036 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.122 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6117, 33.4070, 8.0980)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9835 #3559BC

analogous

#BC5435 #BC9835 #9DBC35

triadic

#BC9835 #35BC98 #9835BC

tetradic

#BC9835 #35BC54 #3559BC #BC359D

square

#BC9835 #35BC54 #3559BC #BC359D

split-complementary

#BC9835 #359DBC #5435BC

monochromatic

#5D4B1A #8C7128 #BC9835 #D1B25D #DFC98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BC9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9835

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9835	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)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b672',
    500: '#bc9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9835;
$custom-light: #d4b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69506,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9835

secondary

#8496C9

accent

#71DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9835

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

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