#BC7438#BC7438

#BC7438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7438
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 23.08, 43.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 49.66, 62.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0626 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.118 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7004, 23.4704, 6.8120)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7438 #3880BC

analogous

#BC383E #BC7438 #BCB638

triadic

#BC7438 #38BC74 #7438BC

tetradic

#BC7438 #3EBC38 #3880BC #B638BC

square

#BC7438 #3EBC38 #3880BC #B638BC

split-complementary

#BC7438 #38BCB6 #383EBC

monochromatic

#5E3A1C #8D572A #BC7438 #D09461 #DEB490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BC7438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#BC7438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7438

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7438	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)

#8A7B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59c71',
    500: '#bc7438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7438;
$custom-light: #d59c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62538,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7438

secondary

#87ABC9

accent

#9BDD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7438

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

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