#BC7938#BC7938

#BC7938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.116 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7938
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 20.33, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 49.61, 65.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0543 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.116 62)
XYZ	xyz(28.2924, 24.6543, 7.0093)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7938 #387BBC

analogous

#BC3839 #BC7938 #BCBB38

triadic

#BC7938 #38BC79 #7938BC

tetradic

#BC7938 #39BC38 #387BBC #BB38BC

square

#BC7938 #39BC38 #387BBC #BB38BC

split-complementary

#BC7938 #38BCBB #3839BC

monochromatic

#5E3C1C #8D5B2A #BC7938 #D09861 #DEB790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#BC7938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#BC7938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7938

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7938	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)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.116 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a072',
    500: '#bc7938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7938;
$custom-light: #d5a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63454,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.24652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7938

secondary

#87A8C9

accent

#95DD4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7938

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

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