#BC7B35#BC7B35

#BC7B35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.117 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7B35
RGB	rgb(188, 123, 53)
HSL	hsl(31, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(31, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 19.06, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 50.87, 68.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0501 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.117 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4667, 25.1170, 6.7163)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7B35 #3576BC

analogous

#BC3735 #BC7B35 #BABC35

triadic

#BC7B35 #35BC7B #7B35BC

tetradic

#BC7B35 #35BC37 #3576BC #BC35BA

square

#BC7B35 #35BC37 #3576BC #BC35BA

split-complementary

#BC7B35 #35BABC #3735BC

monochromatic

#5D3D1A #8C5C28 #BC7B35 #D1995D #DFB78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#BC7B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#BC7B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7B35

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7B35	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90802D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 123, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.117 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a170',
    500: '#bc7b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7b35;
$custom-light: #d5a170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63796,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7B35

secondary

#84A5C9

accent

#91DF48

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7B35

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

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