#BC974B#BC974B

#BC974B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC974B
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 75)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 5.01, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 44.84, 83.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% 0.0119 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.104 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0773, 33.3346, 11.3472)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC974B #4B70BC

analogous

#BC5F4B #BC974B #A9BC4B

triadic

#BC974B #4BBC97 #974BBC

tetradic

#BC974B #4BBC5F #4B70BC #BC4BA9

square

#BC974B #4BBC5F #4B70BC #BC4BA9

split-complementary

#BC974B #4BA9BC #5F4BBC

monochromatic

#665126 #937537 #BC974B #CDB178 #DDCBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC974B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BC974B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC974B

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC974B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC974B	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc974b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b580',
    500: '#bc974b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc974b;
$custom-light: #d3b580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc974b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.354,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69525,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC974B

secondary

#99A9CA

accent

#7DD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC974B

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

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