#BC7837#BC7837

#BC7837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7837
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 20.82, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 50.01, 65.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.0557 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.117 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1472, 24.4028, 6.8415)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7837 #377BBC

analogous

#BC3739 #BC7837 #BCBA37

triadic

#BC7837 #37BC78 #7837BC

tetradic

#BC7837 #39BC37 #377BBC #BA37BC

square

#BC7837 #39BC37 #377BBC #BA37BC

split-complementary

#BC7837 #37BCBA #3739BC

monochromatic

#5D3C1B #8D5A29 #BC7837 #D09760 #DEB68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BC7837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#BC7837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7837

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7837	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)

#8D7E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f71',
    500: '#bc7837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7837;
$custom-light: #d59f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.323,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63259,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7837

secondary

#86A8C9

accent

#96DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7837

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

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