#BC9933#BC9933

#BC9933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.124 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9933
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 2.46, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 55.78, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0015 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.124 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7297, 33.7149, 7.9151)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9933 #3356BC

analogous

#BC5533 #BC9933 #9ABC33

triadic

#BC9933 #33BC99 #9933BC

tetradic

#BC9933 #33BC55 #3356BC #BC339A

square

#BC9933 #33BC55 #3356BC #BC339A

split-complementary

#BC9933 #339ABC #5533BC

monochromatic

#5C4B19 #8C7226 #BC9933 #D2B45A #DFCA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BC9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9933

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9933	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)

#AB9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.124 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b671',
    500: '#bc9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9933;
$custom-light: #d4b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.672,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69696,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9933

secondary

#8194C9

accent

#6EE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9933

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

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