#BC7042#BC7042

#BC7042 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.114 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7042
RGB	rgb(188, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.4%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 25.88, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 45.90, 55.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% 0.0726 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.114 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5187, 22.6758, 8.0808)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7042 #428EBC

analogous

#BC4251 #BC7042 #BCAD42

triadic

#BC7042 #42BC70 #7042BC

tetradic

#BC7042 #51BC42 #428EBC #AD42BC

square

#BC7042 #51BC42 #428EBC #AD42BC

split-complementary

#BC7042 #42BCAD #4251BC

monochromatic

#613A22 #8F5532 #BC7042 #CC926F #DCB49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BC7042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#BC7042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7042

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7042	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.114 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59978',
    500: '#bc7042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7042;
$custom-light: #d59978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.623,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61943,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7042

secondary

#91B4C9

accent

#A5D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7042

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

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