#BC7836#BC7836

#BC7836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.117 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7836
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 54)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 20.77, 45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 50.42, 65.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.0554 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.117 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1235, 24.3933, 6.7166)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7836 #367ABC

analogous

#BC3637 #BC7836 #BCBB36

triadic

#BC7836 #36BC78 #7836BC

tetradic

#BC7836 #37BC36 #367ABC #BB36BC

square

#BC7836 #37BC36 #367ABC #BB36BC

split-complementary

#BC7836 #36BCBB #3637BC

monochromatic

#5D3B1B #8C5A28 #BC7836 #D1975E #DFB68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BC7836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#BC7836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7836

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7836	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.117 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f70',
    500: '#bc7836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7836;
$custom-light: #d59f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.552,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63249,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7836

secondary

#85A7C9

accent

#95DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7836

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

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