#BC973F#BC973F

#BC973F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC973F
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 4.20, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 50.30, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% 0.008 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.114 86)
XYZ	xyz(32.7046, 33.1855, 9.3845)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC973F #3F64BC

analogous

#BC593F #BC973F #A3BC3F

triadic

#BC973F #3FBC97 #973FBC

tetradic

#BC973F #3FBC59 #3F64BC #BC3FA3

square

#BC973F #3FBC59 #3F64BC #BC3FA3

split-complementary

#BC973F #3FA3BC #593FBC

monochromatic

#604D20 #8E7230 #BC973F #CDB06B #DDC999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC973F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BC973F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC973F

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC973F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC973F	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc973f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b578',
    500: '#bc973f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc973f;
$custom-light: #d4b578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc973f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69392,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.33183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC973F

secondary

#8EA0C9

accent

#78D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC973F

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

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