#BC912C#BC912C

#BC912C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.124 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC912C
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 6.50, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 56.80, 83.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0123 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.124 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3211, 31.1263, 6.7407)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC912C #2C57BC

analogous

#BC492C #BC912C #9FBC2C

triadic

#BC912C #2CBC91 #912CBC

tetradic

#BC912C #2CBC49 #2C57BC #BC2C9F

square

#BC912C #2CBC49 #2C57BC #BC2C9F

split-complementary

#BC912C #2C9FBC #492CBC

monochromatic

#594415 #8A6B20 #BC912C #D6AE4F #E1C581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC912C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BC912C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC912C

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC912C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC912C	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)

#A4911B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc912c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.124 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b06d',
    500: '#bc912c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc912c;
$custom-light: #d5b06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc912c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68012,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC912C

secondary

#7992CA

accent

#73E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC912C

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

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