#BC7437#BC7437

#BC7437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7437
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 55)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 23.03, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 50.06, 62.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.0622 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.118 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6762, 23.4607, 6.6845)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7437 #377FBC

analogous

#BC373C #BC7437 #BCB737

triadic

#BC7437 #37BC74 #7437BC

tetradic

#BC7437 #3CBC37 #377FBC #B737BC

square

#BC7437 #3CBC37 #377FBC #B737BC

split-complementary

#BC7437 #37BCB7 #373CBC

monochromatic

#5D3A1B #8D5729 #BC7437 #D09360 #DEB38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BC7437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#BC7437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7437

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7437	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)

#8A7B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59c71',
    500: '#bc7437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7437;
$custom-light: #d59c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.519,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62527,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7437

secondary

#86AAC9

accent

#9ADE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7437

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

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