#BC9934#BC9934

#BC9934 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.123 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9934
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 2.51, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 55.39, 87.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0017 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.123 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7520, 33.7238, 8.0324)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9934 #3457BC

analogous

#BC5534 #BC9934 #9BBC34

triadic

#BC9934 #34BC99 #9934BC

tetradic

#BC9934 #34BC55 #3457BC #BC349B

square

#BC9934 #34BC55 #3457BC #BC349B

split-complementary

#BC9934 #349BBC #5534BC

monochromatic

#5C4B19 #8C7227 #BC9934 #D2B35B #DFC98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BC9934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9934

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9934	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)

#AB9725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.123 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b672',
    500: '#bc9934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9934;
$custom-light: #d4b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69704,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9934

secondary

#8395C9

accent

#6FE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9934

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

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