#BC972F#BC972F

#BC972F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC972F
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 3.36, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 56.87, 86.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0036 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.125 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3207, 33.0319, 7.3622)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC972F #2F54BC

analogous

#BC502F #BC972F #9ABC2F

triadic

#BC972F #2FBC97 #972FBC

tetradic

#BC972F #2FBC50 #2F54BC #BC2F9A

square

#BC972F #2FBC50 #2F54BC #BC2F9A

split-complementary

#BC972F #2F9ABC #502FBC

monochromatic

#5A4817 #8B7023 #BC972F #D4B354 #E0C885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BC972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC972F

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC972F	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b56f',
    500: '#bc972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc972f;
$custom-light: #d4b56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69255,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC972F

secondary

#7D91CA

accent

#6EE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC972F

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

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