#BC7240#BC7240

#BC7240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.114 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7240
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(24, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 24.65, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 46.54, 58.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.0685 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.114 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6839, 23.0989, 7.8501)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7240 #408ABC

analogous

#BC404C #BC7240 #BCB040

triadic

#BC7240 #40BC72 #7240BC

tetradic

#BC7240 #4CBC40 #408ABC #B040BC

square

#BC7240 #4CBC40 #408ABC #B040BC

split-complementary

#BC7240 #40BCB0 #404CBC

monochromatic

#613B21 #8E5630 #BC7240 #CD936C #DDB59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BC7240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BC7240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7240

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7240	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.114 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b76',
    500: '#bc7240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7240;
$custom-light: #d59b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.194,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62273,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7240

secondary

#8FB1C9

accent

#A1D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7240

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

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