#BC9931#BC9931

#BC9931 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9931
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 2.37, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 56.56, 87.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.001 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.125 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6865, 33.6976, 7.6878)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9931 #3154BC

analogous

#BC5431 #BC9931 #9ABC31

triadic

#BC9931 #31BC99 #9931BC

tetradic

#BC9931 #31BC54 #3154BC #BC319A

square

#BC9931 #31BC54 #3154BC #BC319A

split-complementary

#BC9931 #319ABC #5431BC

monochromatic

#5B4A18 #8B7124 #BC9931 #D3B457 #E0CA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BC9931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9931

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9931	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b670',
    500: '#bc9931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9931;
$custom-light: #d4b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69681,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9931

secondary

#7F92CA

accent

#6DE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9931

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

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