#BC7937#BC7937

#BC7937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7937
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 20.27, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 50.02, 66.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.054 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.116 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2681, 24.6446, 6.8818)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7937 #377ABC

analogous

#BC3738 #BC7937 #BCBB37

triadic

#BC7937 #37BC79 #7937BC

tetradic

#BC7937 #38BC37 #377ABC #BB37BC

square

#BC7937 #38BC37 #377ABC #BB37BC

split-complementary

#BC7937 #37BCBB #3738BC

monochromatic

#5D3C1B #8D5B29 #BC7937 #D09860 #DEB68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#BC7937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#BC7937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7937

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7937	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a071',
    500: '#bc7937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7937;
$custom-light: #d5a071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.774,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63444,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7937

secondary

#86A8C9

accent

#94DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7937

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

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