#BC7737#BC7737

#BC7737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7737
RGB	rgb(188, 119, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 21.37, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 50.01, 64.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0573 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.117 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0276, 24.1635, 6.8016)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7737 #377CBC

analogous

#BC3739 #BC7737 #BCB937

triadic

#BC7737 #37BC77 #7737BC

tetradic

#BC7737 #39BC37 #377CBC #B937BC

square

#BC7737 #39BC37 #377CBC #B937BC

split-complementary

#BC7737 #37BCB9 #3739BC

monochromatic

#5D3B1B #8D5929 #BC7737 #D09660 #DEB58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#BC7737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#BC7737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7737

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7737	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 119, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59e71',
    500: '#bc7737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7737;
$custom-light: #d59e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.872,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63075,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7737

secondary

#86A9C9

accent

#97DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7737

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

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