#BC7740#BC7740

#BC7740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.112 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7740
RGB	rgb(188, 119, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 21.90, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 46.32, 61.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0603 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.112 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2634, 24.2578, 8.0432)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7740 #4085BC

analogous

#BC4047 #BC7740 #BCB540

triadic

#BC7740 #40BC77 #7740BC

tetradic

#BC7740 #47BC40 #4085BC #B540BC

square

#BC7740 #47BC40 #4085BC #B540BC

split-complementary

#BC7740 #40BCB5 #4047BC

monochromatic

#613D21 #8E5A30 #BC7740 #CD976C #DDB79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BC7740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BC7740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7740

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7740	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 119, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.112 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59e77',
    500: '#bc7740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7740;
$custom-light: #d59e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.613,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63178,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7740

secondary

#8FAFC9

accent

#9CD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7740

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

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