#BC7243#BC7243

#BC7243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.112 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7243
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 67)
HSL	hsl(23, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 24.85, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 45.35, 56.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.0696 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.112 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7716, 23.1340, 8.3118)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7243 #438DBC

analogous

#BC4350 #BC7243 #BCAF43

triadic

#BC7243 #43BC72 #7243BC

tetradic

#BC7243 #50BC43 #438DBC #AF43BC

square

#BC7243 #50BC43 #438DBC #AF43BC

split-complementary

#BC7243 #43BCAF #4350BC

monochromatic

#623B23 #8F5733 #BC7243 #CC9470 #DCB69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BC7243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#BC7243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7243

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7243	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.112 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b78',
    500: '#bc7243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7243;
$custom-light: #d59b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.306,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62312,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7243

secondary

#92B3C9

accent

#A3D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7243

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

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