#BC783B#BC783B

#BC783B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.114 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC783B
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 59)
HSL	hsl(28, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 21.05, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 48.37, 64.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.057 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.114 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2470, 24.4427, 7.3671)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC783B #3B7FBC

analogous

#BC3B3E #BC783B #BCB83B

triadic

#BC783B #3BBC78 #783BBC

tetradic

#BC783B #3EBC3B #3B7FBC #B83BBC

square

#BC783B #3EBC3B #3B7FBC #B83BBC

split-complementary

#BC783B #3BBCB8 #3B3EBC

monochromatic

#5F3D1E #8D5A2C #BC783B #CF9765 #DDB794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BC783B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#BC783B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC783B

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC783B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC783B	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc783b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.114 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f73',
    500: '#bc783b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc783b;
$custom-light: #d59f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc783b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.372,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63302,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC783B

secondary

#8AABC9

accent

#98DC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC783B

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

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