#BC7738#BC7738

#BC7738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.116 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7738
RGB	rgb(188, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 21.43, 44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 49.61, 64.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0576 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.116 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0518, 24.1732, 6.9292)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7738 #387DBC

analogous

#BC383B #BC7738 #BCB938

triadic

#BC7738 #38BC77 #7738BC

tetradic

#BC7738 #3BBC38 #387DBC #B938BC

square

#BC7738 #3BBC38 #387DBC #B938BC

split-complementary

#BC7738 #38BCB9 #383BBC

monochromatic

#5E3B1C #8D592A #BC7738 #D09661 #DEB590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#BC7738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#BC7738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7738

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7738	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)

#8C7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.116 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59e71',
    500: '#bc7738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7738;
$custom-light: #d59e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63085,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7738

secondary

#87A9C9

accent

#97DD4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7738

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

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