#BC7142#BC7142

#BC7142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.114 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7142
RGB	rgb(188, 113, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 25.33, 38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 45.82, 56.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.0709 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.114 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6296, 22.8977, 8.1178)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7142 #428DBC

analogous

#BC4250 #BC7142 #BCAE42

triadic

#BC7142 #42BC71 #7142BC

tetradic

#BC7142 #50BC42 #428DBC #AE42BC

square

#BC7142 #50BC42 #428DBC #AE42BC

split-complementary

#BC7142 #42BCAE #4250BC

monochromatic

#613B22 #8F5632 #BC7142 #CC936F #DCB59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC7142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BC7142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7142

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7142	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 113, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.114 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59a78',
    500: '#bc7142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7142;
$custom-light: #d59a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.115,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6212,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7142

secondary

#91B3C9

accent

#A3D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7142

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

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