#BC973E#BC973E

#BC973E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.115 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC973E
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 4.14, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 50.74, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0077 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.115 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6769, 33.1745, 9.2387)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC973E #3E63BC

analogous

#BC583E #BC973E #A2BC3E

triadic

#BC973E #3EBC97 #973EBC

tetradic

#BC973E #3EBC58 #3E63BC #BC3EA2

square

#BC973E #3EBC58 #3E63BC #BC3EA2

split-complementary

#BC973E #3EA2BC #583EBC

monochromatic

#604D20 #8E722F #BC973E #CEB06A #DDC998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BC973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC973E

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC973E	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)

#A89634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.115 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b577',
    500: '#bc973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc973e;
$custom-light: #d4b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.381,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69382,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC973E

secondary

#8D9FC9

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC973E

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

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