#BC7436#BC7436

#BC7436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7436
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 54)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 22.97, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 50.46, 62.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.0619 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.119 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6525, 23.4512, 6.5596)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7436 #367EBC

analogous

#BC363B #BC7436 #BCB736

triadic

#BC7436 #36BC74 #7436BC

tetradic

#BC7436 #3BBC36 #367EBC #B736BC

square

#BC7436 #3BBC36 #367EBC #B736BC

split-complementary

#BC7436 #36BCB7 #363BBC

monochromatic

#5D391B #8C5728 #BC7436 #D1935E #DFB38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BC7436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#BC7436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7436

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7436	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)

#8A7B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59c70',
    500: '#bc7436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7436;
$custom-light: #d59c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62517,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7436

secondary

#85A9C9

accent

#99DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7436

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

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