#BC7841#BC7841

#BC7841 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.111 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7841
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 65)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, 21.41, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 45.89, 62.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.059 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.111 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4117, 24.5086, 8.2343)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7841 #4185BC

analogous

#BC4148 #BC7841 #BCB641

triadic

#BC7841 #41BC78 #7841BC

tetradic

#BC7841 #48BC41 #4185BC #B641BC

square

#BC7841 #48BC41 #4185BC #B641BC

split-complementary

#BC7841 #41BCB6 #4148BC

monochromatic

#613E22 #8F5B31 #BC7841 #CD986E #DCB89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BC7841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#BC7841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7841

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7841	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)

#8C7F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.111 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f77',
    500: '#bc7841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7841;
$custom-light: #d59f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.829,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63374,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7841

secondary

#90AFC9

accent

#9BD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7841

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

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