#BC7840#BC7840

#BC7840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.111 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7840
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 21.35, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 46.30, 62.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0586 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.111 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3830, 24.4971, 8.0831)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7840 #4084BC

analogous

#BC4046 #BC7840 #BCB640

triadic

#BC7840 #40BC78 #7840BC

tetradic

#BC7840 #46BC40 #4084BC #B640BC

square

#BC7840 #46BC40 #4084BC #B640BC

split-complementary

#BC7840 #40BCB6 #4046BC

monochromatic

#613E21 #8E5B30 #BC7840 #CD986C #DDB89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BC7840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#BC7840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7840

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7840	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.111 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f77',
    500: '#bc7840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7840;
$custom-light: #d59f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63361,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7840

secondary

#8FAFC9

accent

#9BD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7840

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

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