#BC7238#BC7238

#BC7238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7238
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 24.18, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 49.74, 60.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.0659 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.118 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4723, 23.0143, 6.7360)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7238 #3882BC

analogous

#BC3840 #BC7238 #BCB438

triadic

#BC7238 #38BC72 #7238BC

tetradic

#BC7238 #40BC38 #3882BC #B438BC

square

#BC7238 #40BC38 #3882BC #B438BC

split-complementary

#BC7238 #38BCB4 #3840BC

monochromatic

#5E391C #8D552A #BC7238 #D09261 #DEB290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC7238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BC7238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7238

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7238	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)

#887A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b71',
    500: '#bc7238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7238;
$custom-light: #d59b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62178,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7238

secondary

#87ACC9

accent

#9DDD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7238

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

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