#BC7138#BC7138

#BC7138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.119 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7138
RGB	rgb(188, 113, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 24.73, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 49.79, 60.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.0675 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.119 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3602, 22.7899, 6.6986)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7138 #3883BC

analogous

#BC3841 #BC7138 #BCB338

triadic

#BC7138 #38BC71 #7138BC

tetradic

#BC7138 #41BC38 #3883BC #B338BC

square

#BC7138 #41BC38 #3883BC #B338BC

split-complementary

#BC7138 #38BCB3 #3841BC

monochromatic

#5E381C #8D552A #BC7138 #D09161 #DEB290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC7138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC7138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7138

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7138	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 113, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.119 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59a71',
    500: '#bc7138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7138;
$custom-light: #d59a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61999,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7138

secondary

#87ACC9

accent

#9EDD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7138

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

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