#BC973D#BC973D

#BC973D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.116 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC973D
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 4.08, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 51.17, 85.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0074 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.116 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6498, 33.1636, 9.0955)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC973D #3D62BC

analogous

#BC583D #BC973D #A2BC3D

triadic

#BC973D #3DBC97 #973DBC

tetradic

#BC973D #3DBC58 #3D62BC #BC3DA2

square

#BC973D #3DBC58 #3D62BC #BC3DA2

split-complementary

#BC973D #3DA2BC #583DBC

monochromatic

#604D1F #8E722E #BC973D #CEB068 #DDC896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BC973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC973D

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC973D	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)

#A89632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.116 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b577',
    500: '#bc973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc973d;
$custom-light: #d4b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.52,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69373,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC973D

secondary

#8C9EC9

accent

#76DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC973D

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

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