#BC9836#BC9836

#BC9836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9836
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 3.15, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 54.35, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0038 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.121 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6350, 33.4163, 8.2204)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9836 #365ABC

analogous

#BC5536 #BC9836 #9DBC36

triadic

#BC9836 #36BC98 #9836BC

tetradic

#BC9836 #36BC55 #365ABC #BC369D

square

#BC9836 #36BC55 #365ABC #BC369D

split-complementary

#BC9836 #369DBC #5536BC

monochromatic

#5D4B1B #8C7228 #BC9836 #D1B25E #DFC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BC9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9836

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9836	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)

#AA9729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b673',
    500: '#bc9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9836;
$custom-light: #d4b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.881,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69514,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9836

secondary

#8597C9

accent

#71DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9836

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

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