#BC7939#BC7939

#BC7939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7939
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 57)
HSL	hsl(29, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 20.38, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 49.20, 65.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.0547 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.115 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3171, 24.6642, 7.1394)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7939 #397CBC

analogous

#BC393B #BC7939 #BCBA39

triadic

#BC7939 #39BC79 #7939BC

tetradic

#BC7939 #3BBC39 #397CBC #BA39BC

square

#BC7939 #3BBC39 #397CBC #BA39BC

split-complementary

#BC7939 #39BCBA #393BBC

monochromatic

#5E3D1D #8D5B2B #BC7939 #D09863 #DEB792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#BC7939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#BC7939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7939

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7939	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)

#8E7F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a072',
    500: '#bc7939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7939;
$custom-light: #d5a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.313,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63465,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7939

secondary

#88A9C9

accent

#96DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7939

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

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