#BC8973#BC8973

#BC8973 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.070 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8973
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(18, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(18, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 16.59, 19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 25.58, 49.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.0504 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.07 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7804, 29.8225, 20.2461)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8973 #73A6BC

analogous

#BC7382 #BC8973 #BCAE73

triadic

#BC8973 #73BC89 #8973BC

tetradic

#BC8973 #82BC73 #73A6BC #AE73BC

square

#BC8973 #82BC73 #73A6BC #AE73BC

split-complementary

#BC8973 #73BCAE #7382BC

monochromatic

#7A4E3A #A4684E #BC8973 #D0AC9C #E4CFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BC8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8973

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8973	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.070 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab9b',
    500: '#bc8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8973;
$custom-light: #d2ab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.082,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67435,
    "c": 0.0704,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8973

secondary

#B7CBD4

accent

#AACB5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8973

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

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