#BC7638#BC7638

#BC7638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7638
RGB	rgb(188, 118, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 21.98, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 49.62, 63.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.0593 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.117 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9334, 23.9365, 6.8897)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7638 #387EBC

analogous

#BC383C #BC7638 #BCB838

triadic

#BC7638 #38BC76 #7638BC

tetradic

#BC7638 #3CBC38 #387EBC #B838BC

square

#BC7638 #3CBC38 #387EBC #B838BC

split-complementary

#BC7638 #38BCB8 #383CBC

monochromatic

#5E3B1C #8D582A #BC7638 #D09561 #DEB590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BC7638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#BC7638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7638

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7638	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 118, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d71',
    500: '#bc7638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7638;
$custom-light: #d59d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62902,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7638

secondary

#87AAC9

accent

#98DD4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7638

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

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