#BC7E38#BC7E38

#BC7E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.115 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7E38
RGB	rgb(188, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 17.56, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 49.75, 69.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.0461 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.115 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9158, 25.9012, 7.2172)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7E38 #3876BC

analogous

#BC3C38 #BC7E38 #B8BC38

triadic

#BC7E38 #38BC7E #7E38BC

tetradic

#BC7E38 #38BC3C #3876BC #BC38B8

square

#BC7E38 #38BC3C #3876BC #BC38B8

split-complementary

#BC7E38 #38B8BC #3C38BC

monochromatic

#5E3F1C #8D5E2A #BC7E38 #D09C61 #DEBA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#BC7E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#BC7E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7E38

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7E38	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.115 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a372',
    500: '#bc7e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7e38;
$custom-light: #d5a372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64391,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7E38

secondary

#87A6C9

accent

#8FDD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF3ED

border

#D4CDC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7E38

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

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