#BC912B#BC912B

#BC912B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.125 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC912B
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 6.46, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 57.16, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0121 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.125 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3025, 31.1188, 6.6429)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC912B #2B56BC

analogous

#BC482B #BC912B #9EBC2B

triadic

#BC912B #2BBC91 #912BBC

tetradic

#BC912B #2BBC48 #2B56BC #BC2B9E

square

#BC912B #2BBC48 #2B56BC #BC2B9E

split-complementary

#BC912B #2B9EBC #482BBC

monochromatic

#584414 #8A6B20 #BC912B #D6AE4E #E2C580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC912B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BC912B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC912B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC912B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC912B	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)

#A49119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc912b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.125 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b06c',
    500: '#bc912b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc912b;
$custom-light: #d5b06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc912b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68005,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC912B

secondary

#7891CB

accent

#73E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC912B

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

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