#BC7843#BC7843

#BC7843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.110 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7843
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 67)
HSL	hsl(26, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(26, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 21.54, 39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 45.06, 61.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.0597 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.11 57)
XYZ	xyz(28.4707, 24.5322, 8.5449)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7843 #4387BC

analogous

#BC434A #BC7843 #BCB543

triadic

#BC7843 #43BC78 #7843BC

tetradic

#BC7843 #4ABC43 #4387BC #B543BC

square

#BC7843 #4ABC43 #4387BC #B543BC

split-complementary

#BC7843 #43BCB5 #434ABC

monochromatic

#623E23 #8F5B33 #BC7843 #CC9870 #DCB99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BC7843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#BC7843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7843

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7843	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.110 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49f79',
    500: '#bc7843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7843;
$custom-light: #d49f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.281,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63399,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.2453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7843

secondary

#92B1C9

accent

#9CD751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7843

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

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