#BC7C38#BC7C38

#BC7C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.115 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7C38
RGB	rgb(188, 124, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 18.67, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 49.67, 67.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0494 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.115 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6626, 25.3948, 7.1328)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7C38 #3878BC

analogous

#BC3A38 #BC7C38 #BABC38

triadic

#BC7C38 #38BC7C #7C38BC

tetradic

#BC7C38 #38BC3A #3878BC #BC38BA

square

#BC7C38 #38BC3A #3878BC #BC38BA

split-complementary

#BC7C38 #38BABC #3A38BC

monochromatic

#5E3E1C #8D5D2A #BC7C38 #D09A61 #DEB890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#BC7C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#BC7C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7C38

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7C38	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 124, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.115 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a272',
    500: '#bc7c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7c38;
$custom-light: #d5a272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64014,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7C38

secondary

#87A7C9

accent

#92DD4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7C38

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

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