#BC7439#BC7439

#BC7439 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7439
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 57)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 23.14, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 49.26, 61.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.0629 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.117 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7251, 23.4803, 6.9421)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7439 #3981BC

analogous

#BC393F #BC7439 #BCB539

triadic

#BC7439 #39BC74 #7439BC

tetradic

#BC7439 #3FBC39 #3981BC #B539BC

square

#BC7439 #3FBC39 #3981BC #B539BC

split-complementary

#BC7439 #39BCB5 #393FBC

monochromatic

#5E3A1D #8D572B #BC7439 #D09463 #DEB492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BC7439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#BC7439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7439

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7439	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59c72',
    500: '#bc7439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7439;
$custom-light: #d59c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.023,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62549,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7439

secondary

#88ACC9

accent

#9BDD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7439

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

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