#BC9936#BC9936

#BC9936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.122 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9936
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 2.61, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 54.58, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0023 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.122 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7980, 33.7422, 8.2747)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9936 #3659BC

analogous

#BC5636 #BC9936 #9CBC36

triadic

#BC9936 #36BC99 #9936BC

tetradic

#BC9936 #36BC56 #3659BC #BC369C

square

#BC9936 #36BC56 #3659BC #BC369C

split-complementary

#BC9936 #369CBC #5636BC

monochromatic

#5D4C1B #8C7228 #BC9936 #D1B35E #DFC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9936

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9936	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.122 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b673',
    500: '#bc9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9936;
$custom-light: #d4b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6972,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9936

secondary

#8597C9

accent

#70DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9936

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

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