#BC7434#BC7434

#BC7434 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7434
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 52)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 22.87, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 51.26, 63.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.0613 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.12 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6065, 23.4328, 6.3173)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7434 #347CBC

analogous

#BC3438 #BC7434 #BCB834

triadic

#BC7434 #34BC74 #7434BC

tetradic

#BC7434 #38BC34 #347CBC #B834BC

square

#BC7434 #38BC34 #347CBC #B834BC

split-complementary

#BC7434 #34BCB8 #3438BC

monochromatic

#5C3919 #8C5627 #BC7434 #D2935B #DFB38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BC7434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#BC7434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7434

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7434	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59c6f',
    500: '#bc7434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7434;
$custom-light: #d59c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62496,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7434

secondary

#83A8C9

accent

#98E048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7434

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

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