#BC974E#BC974E

#BC974E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.102 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC974E
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 5.24, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 43.42, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.013 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.102 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1824, 33.3766, 11.9008)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC974E #4E73BC

analogous

#BC604E #BC974E #AABC4E

triadic

#BC974E #4EBC97 #974EBC

tetradic

#BC974E #4EBC60 #4E73BC #BC4EAA

square

#BC974E #4EBC60 #4E73BC #BC4EAA

split-complementary

#BC974E #4EAABC #604EBC

monochromatic

#685227 #957638 #BC974E #CDB17A #DECBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC974E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BC974E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC974E

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC974E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC974E	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)

#A79747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc974e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.102 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b582',
    500: '#bc974e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc974e;
$custom-light: #d3b582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc974e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69563,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC974E

secondary

#9BABCB

accent

#7FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC974E

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

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