#BC7540#BC7540

#BC7540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.113 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7540
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(26, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 23.00, 40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 46.38, 60.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.0636 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.113 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0278, 23.7868, 7.9647)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7540 #4087BC

analogous

#BC4049 #BC7540 #BCB340

triadic

#BC7540 #40BC75 #7540BC

tetradic

#BC7540 #49BC40 #4087BC #B340BC

square

#BC7540 #49BC40 #4087BC #B340BC

split-complementary

#BC7540 #40BCB3 #4049BC

monochromatic

#613C21 #8E5930 #BC7540 #CD966C #DDB69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BC7540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BC7540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7540

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7540	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.113 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d77',
    500: '#bc7540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7540;
$custom-light: #d59d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.645,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62813,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7540

secondary

#8FB0C9

accent

#9ED94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7540

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

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