#BC7D38#BC7D38

#BC7D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.115 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7D38
RGB	rgb(188, 125, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 18.11, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 49.71, 68.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.0478 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.115 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7886, 25.6467, 7.1747)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7D38 #3877BC

analogous

#BC3B38 #BC7D38 #B9BC38

triadic

#BC7D38 #38BC7D #7D38BC

tetradic

#BC7D38 #38BC3B #3877BC #BC38B9

square

#BC7D38 #38BC3B #3877BC #BC38B9

split-complementary

#BC7D38 #38B9BC #3B38BC

monochromatic

#5E3E1C #8D5E2A #BC7D38 #D09B61 #DEB990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BC7D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#BC7D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7D38

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7D38	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 125, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.115 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a272',
    500: '#bc7d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7d38;
$custom-light: #d5a272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64202,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7D38

secondary

#87A6C9

accent

#91DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF3ED

border

#D4CDC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7D38

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

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