#BC972A#BC972A

#BC972A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.128 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC972A
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, 3.15, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 58.70, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0025 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.128 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2255, 32.9939, 6.8612)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC972A #2A4FBC

analogous

#BC4E2A #BC972A #98BC2A

triadic

#BC972A #2ABC97 #972ABC

tetradic

#BC972A #2ABC4E #2A4FBC #BC2A98

square

#BC972A #2ABC4E #2A4FBC #BC2A98

split-complementary

#BC972A #2A98BC #4E2ABC

monochromatic

#584714 #8A6F1F #BC972A #D7B44C #E2C97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BC972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC972A

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC972A	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.128 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56c',
    500: '#bc972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc972a;
$custom-light: #d5b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.795,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69221,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC972A

secondary

#778CCB

accent

#6BE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC972A

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

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