#BC7838#BC7838

#BC7838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.116 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7838
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 20.88, 45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 49.60, 65.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.056 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.116 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1715, 24.4125, 6.9690)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7838 #387CBC

analogous

#BC383A #BC7838 #BCBA38

triadic

#BC7838 #38BC78 #7838BC

tetradic

#BC7838 #3ABC38 #387CBC #BA38BC

square

#BC7838 #3ABC38 #387CBC #BA38BC

split-complementary

#BC7838 #38BCBA #383ABC

monochromatic

#5E3C1C #8D5A2A #BC7838 #D09761 #DEB690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BC7838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#BC7838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7838

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7838	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)

#8D7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.116 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f71',
    500: '#bc7838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7838;
$custom-light: #d59f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63269,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7838

secondary

#87A9C9

accent

#96DD4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7838

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

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