#BC973A#BC973A

#BC973A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.118 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC973A
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 58)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 3.91, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 52.46, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0065 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.118 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5712, 33.1322, 8.6818)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC973A #3A5FBC

analogous

#BC563A #BC973A #A0BC3A

triadic

#BC973A #3ABC97 #973ABC

tetradic

#BC973A #3ABC56 #3A5FBC #BC3AA0

square

#BC973A #3ABC56 #3A5FBC #BC3AA0

split-complementary

#BC973A #3AA0BC #563ABC

monochromatic

#5E4C1D #8D712C #BC973A #CFB164 #DEC893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC973A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BC973A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC973A

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC973A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC973A	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc973a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.118 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b575',
    500: '#bc973a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc973a;
$custom-light: #d4b575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc973a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.923,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69344,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC973A

secondary

#899BC9

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC973A

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

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