#BC912A#BC912A

#BC912A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.125 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC912A
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 6.42, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 57.52, 83.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0118 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.125 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2844, 31.1116, 6.5475)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC912A #2A55BC

analogous

#BC482A #BC912A #9EBC2A

triadic

#BC912A #2ABC91 #912ABC

tetradic

#BC912A #2ABC48 #2A55BC #BC2A9E

square

#BC912A #2ABC48 #2A55BC #BC2A9E

split-complementary

#BC912A #2A9EBC #482ABC

monochromatic

#584414 #8A6A1F #BC912A #D7AE4C #E2C57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC912A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BC912A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC912A

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC912A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC912A	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc912a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.125 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b06c',
    500: '#bc912a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc912a;
$custom-light: #d5b06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc912a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.329,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67998,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC912A

secondary

#7790CB

accent

#72E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC912A

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

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