#BC7940#BC7940

#BC7940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.111 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7940
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(28, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 20.80, 41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 46.29, 63.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.057 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.111 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5039, 24.7389, 8.1234)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7940 #4083BC

analogous

#BC4045 #BC7940 #BCB740

triadic

#BC7940 #40BC79 #7940BC

tetradic

#BC7940 #45BC40 #4083BC #B740BC

square

#BC7940 #45BC40 #4083BC #B740BC

split-complementary

#BC7940 #40BCB7 #4045BC

monochromatic

#613E21 #8E5C30 #BC7940 #CD996C #DDB99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#BC7940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#BC7940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7940

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7940	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.111 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a077',
    500: '#bc7940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7940;
$custom-light: #d5a077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.581,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63545,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7940

secondary

#8FAEC9

accent

#99D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7940

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

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