#BC7236#BC7236

#BC7236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.120 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7236
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 54)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 24.07, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 50.53, 61.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0652 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.12 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4244, 22.9951, 6.4835)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7236 #3680BC

analogous

#BC363D #BC7236 #BCB536

triadic

#BC7236 #36BC72 #7236BC

tetradic

#BC7236 #3DBC36 #3680BC #B536BC

square

#BC7236 #3DBC36 #3680BC #B536BC

split-complementary

#BC7236 #36BCB5 #363DBC

monochromatic

#5D381B #8C5528 #BC7236 #D1925E #DFB28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC7236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BC7236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7236

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7236	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.120 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b70',
    500: '#bc7236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7236;
$custom-light: #d59b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.866,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62156,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7236

secondary

#85AAC9

accent

#9CDF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7236

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

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