#BC972E#BC972E

#BC972E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.126 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC972E
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 3.32, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 57.25, 86.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% 0.0034 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.126 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3007, 33.0240, 7.2572)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC972E #2E53BC

analogous

#BC502E #BC972E #9ABC2E

triadic

#BC972E #2EBC97 #972EBC

tetradic

#BC972E #2EBC50 #2E53BC #BC2E9A

square

#BC972E #2EBC50 #2E53BC #BC2E9A

split-complementary

#BC972E #2E9ABC #502EBC

monochromatic

#5A4816 #8B7022 #BC972E #D5B352 #E1C984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BC972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC972E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC972E	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)

#A9961C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.126 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b56e',
    500: '#bc972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc972e;
$custom-light: #d4b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.366,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69248,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC972E

secondary

#7C90CA

accent

#6EE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC972E

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

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