#BC7839#BC7839

#BC7839 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.116 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7839
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 57)
HSL	hsl(29, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 20.93, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 49.19, 64.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.0563 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.116 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1962, 24.4224, 7.0991)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7839 #397DBC

analogous

#BC393C #BC7839 #BCB939

triadic

#BC7839 #39BC78 #7839BC

tetradic

#BC7839 #3CBC39 #397DBC #B939BC

square

#BC7839 #3CBC39 #397DBC #B939BC

split-complementary

#BC7839 #39BCB9 #393CBC

monochromatic

#5E3C1D #8D5A2B #BC7839 #D09763 #DEB692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BC7839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#BC7839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7839

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7839	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)

#8D7E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.116 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f72',
    500: '#bc7839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7839;
$custom-light: #d59f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.855,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7839

secondary

#88AAC9

accent

#97DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7839

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

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