#BC7943#BC7943

#BC7943 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.109 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7943
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 67)
HSL	hsl(27, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 20.99, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 45.04, 62.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.058 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.109 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5916, 24.7740, 8.5852)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7943 #4386BC

analogous

#BC4349 #BC7943 #BCB643

triadic

#BC7943 #43BC79 #7943BC

tetradic

#BC7943 #49BC43 #4386BC #B643BC

square

#BC7943 #49BC43 #4386BC #B643BC

split-complementary

#BC7943 #43BCB6 #4349BC

monochromatic

#623F23 #8F5C33 #BC7943 #CC9970 #DCB99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#BC7943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#BC7943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7943

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7943	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)

#8D7F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.109 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a079',
    500: '#bc7943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7943;
$custom-light: #d4a079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.777,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63583,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7943

secondary

#92B0C9

accent

#9BD751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7943

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

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