#BC7543#BC7543

#BC7543 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.111 H 54.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7543
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 67)
HSL	hsl(25, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 23.20, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 45.16, 59.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.0646 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.111 54.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1155, 23.8219, 8.4265)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7543 #438ABC

analogous

#BC434E #BC7543 #BCB143

triadic

#BC7543 #43BC75 #7543BC

tetradic

#BC7543 #4EBC43 #438ABC #B143BC

square

#BC7543 #4EBC43 #438ABC #B143BC

split-complementary

#BC7543 #43BCB1 #434EBC

monochromatic

#623D23 #8F5933 #BC7543 #CC9670 #DCB79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BC7543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BC7543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7543

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7543	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#8A7C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.111 54.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d79',
    500: '#bc7543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7543;
$custom-light: #d59d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.793,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62852,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 54.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7543

secondary

#92B2C9

accent

#A0D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7543

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

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