#BC9A36#BC9A36

#BC9A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A36
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 2.07, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 54.82, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0007 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.122 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9623, 34.0709, 8.3295)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A36 #3658BC

analogous

#BC5736 #BC9A36 #9BBC36

triadic

#BC9A36 #36BC9A #9A36BC

tetradic

#BC9A36 #36BC57 #3658BC #BC369B

square

#BC9A36 #36BC57 #3658BC #BC369B

split-complementary

#BC9A36 #369BBC #5736BC

monochromatic

#5D4C1B #8C7328 #BC9A36 #D1B45E #DFCA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BC9A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A36

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A36	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b773',
    500: '#bc9a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a36;
$custom-light: #d4b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69926,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A36

secondary

#8596C9

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A36

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

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