#BC7A38#BC7A38

#BC7A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.116 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7A38
RGB	rgb(188, 122, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 19.77, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 49.62, 66.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0527 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.116 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4145, 24.8986, 7.0501)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7A38 #387ABC

analogous

#BC3838 #BC7A38 #BCBC38

triadic

#BC7A38 #38BC7A #7A38BC

tetradic

#BC7A38 #38BC38 #387ABC #BC38BC

square

#BC7A38 #38BC38 #387ABC #BC38BC

split-complementary

#BC7A38 #38BCBC #3838BC

monochromatic

#5E3D1C #8D5B2A #BC7A38 #D09961 #DEB790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#BC7A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#BC7A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7A38

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7A38	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 122, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.116 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a072',
    500: '#bc7a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7a38;
$custom-light: #d5a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6364,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7A38

secondary

#87A8C9

accent

#94DD4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7A38

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

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