#BC9A38#BC9A38

#BC9A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.121 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A38
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 2.17, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 54.01, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0012 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.121 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0103, 34.0901, 8.5820)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A38 #385ABC

analogous

#BC5838 #BC9A38 #9CBC38

triadic

#BC9A38 #38BC9A #9A38BC

tetradic

#BC9A38 #38BC58 #385ABC #BC389C

square

#BC9A38 #38BC58 #385ABC #BC389C

split-complementary

#BC9A38 #389CBC #5838BC

monochromatic

#5E4D1C #8D732A #BC9A38 #D0B361 #DECA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC9A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A38

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A38	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.121 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b774',
    500: '#bc9a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a38;
$custom-light: #d4b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69943,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A38

secondary

#8798C9

accent

#70DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A38

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

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