#BC7639#BC7639

#BC7639 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7639
RGB	rgb(188, 118, 57)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 22.04, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 49.21, 63.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.0596 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.116 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9581, 23.9463, 7.0198)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7639 #397FBC

analogous

#BC393E #BC7639 #BCB739

triadic

#BC7639 #39BC76 #7639BC

tetradic

#BC7639 #3EBC39 #397FBC #B739BC

square

#BC7639 #3EBC39 #397FBC #B739BC

split-complementary

#BC7639 #39BCB7 #393EBC

monochromatic

#5E3B1D #8D592B #BC7639 #D09563 #DEB592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BC7639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#BC7639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7639

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7639	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)

#8B7D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 118, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d72',
    500: '#bc7639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7639;
$custom-light: #d59d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.939,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62913,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7639

secondary

#88ABC9

accent

#99DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7639

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

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