#BC7242#BC7242

#BC7242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.113 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7242
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(24, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(24, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 24.78, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 45.74, 57.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.0692 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.113 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7418, 23.1221, 8.1552)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7242 #428CBC

analogous

#BC424F #BC7242 #BCAF42

triadic

#BC7242 #42BC72 #7242BC

tetradic

#BC7242 #4FBC42 #428CBC #AF42BC

square

#BC7242 #4FBC42 #428CBC #AF42BC

split-complementary

#BC7242 #42BCAF #424FBC

monochromatic

#613B22 #8F5732 #BC7242 #CC946F #DCB59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BC7242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BC7242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7242

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7242	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#877A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.113 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b78',
    500: '#bc7242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7242;
$custom-light: #d59b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.607,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62299,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7242

secondary

#91B3C9

accent

#A2D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7242

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

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