#BC7440#BC7440

#BC7440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.113 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7440
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 64)
HSL	hsl(25, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(25, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 23.55, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 46.43, 59.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.0652 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.113 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9119, 23.5550, 7.9261)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7440 #4088BC

analogous

#BC404A #BC7440 #BCB240

triadic

#BC7440 #40BC74 #7440BC

tetradic

#BC7440 #4ABC40 #4088BC #B240BC

square

#BC7440 #4ABC40 #4088BC #B240BC

split-complementary

#BC7440 #40BCB2 #404ABC

monochromatic

#613C21 #8E5830 #BC7440 #CD956C #DDB69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BC7440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BC7440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7440

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7440	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.113 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59c76',
    500: '#bc7440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7440;
$custom-light: #d59c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.161,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62632,
    "c": 0.11307,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7440

secondary

#8FB1C9

accent

#9FD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7440

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

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