#BC972D#BC972D

#BC972D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.126 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC972D
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 3.27, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 57.62, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0031 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.126 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2812, 33.0162, 7.1546)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC972D #2D52BC

analogous

#BC502D #BC972D #99BC2D

triadic

#BC972D #2DBC97 #972DBC

tetradic

#BC972D #2DBC50 #2D52BC #BC2D99

square

#BC972D #2DBC50 #2D52BC #BC2D99

split-complementary

#BC972D #2D99BC #502DBC

monochromatic

#594815 #8B6F21 #BC972D #D5B351 #E1C982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BC972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC972D

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC972D	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)

#A9961B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.126 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b56e',
    500: '#bc972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc972d;
$custom-light: #d4b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.476,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69241,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC972D

secondary

#7B8FCA

accent

#6DE443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC972D

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

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