#BC971E#BC971E

#BC971E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.134 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC971E
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 30)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 2.74, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 62.50, 87.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.0002 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.134 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0420, 32.9205, 5.8947)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC971E #1E43BC

analogous

#BC481E #BC971E #92BC1E

triadic

#BC971E #1EBC97 #971EBC

tetradic

#BC971E #1EBC48 #1E43BC #BC1E92

square

#BC971E #1EBC48 #1E43BC #BC1E92

split-complementary

#BC971E #1E92BC #481EBC

monochromatic

#52420D #876D16 #BC971E #DFB838 #E8CB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC971E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BC971E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC971E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC971E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC971E	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc971e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.134 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b567',
    500: '#bc971e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc971e;
$custom-light: #d5b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc971e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.949,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69155,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC971E

secondary

#6880CE

accent

#63EF39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC971E

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

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