#BC972C#BC972C

#BC972C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.127 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC972C
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 3.23, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 57.98, 86.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.0029 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.127 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2622, 33.0086, 7.0544)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC972C #2C51BC

analogous

#BC4F2C #BC972C #99BC2C

triadic

#BC972C #2CBC97 #972CBC

tetradic

#BC972C #2CBC4F #2C51BC #BC2C99

square

#BC972C #2CBC4F #2C51BC #BC2C99

split-complementary

#BC972C #2C99BC #4F2CBC

monochromatic

#594715 #8A6F20 #BC972C #D6B34F #E1C981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BC972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC972C

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC972C	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)

#A99619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.127 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56d',
    500: '#bc972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc972c;
$custom-light: #d5b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.583,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69234,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC972C

secondary

#798ECA

accent

#6CE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC972C

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

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