#BC7342#BC7342

#BC7342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.112 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7342
RGB	rgb(188, 115, 66)
HSL	hsl(24, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(24, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 24.23, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 45.68, 57.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.0676 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.112 53)
XYZ	xyz(27.8552, 23.3489, 8.1930)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7342 #428BBC

analogous

#BC424E #BC7342 #BCB042

triadic

#BC7342 #42BC73 #7342BC

tetradic

#BC7342 #4EBC42 #428BBC #B042BC

square

#BC7342 #4EBC42 #428BBC #B042BC

split-complementary

#BC7342 #42BCB0 #424EBC

monochromatic

#613C22 #8F5732 #BC7342 #CC946F #DCB69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BC7342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#BC7342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7342

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7342	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 115, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.112 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b78',
    500: '#bc7342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7342;
$custom-light: #d59b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.098,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62478,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.23346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7342

secondary

#91B2C9

accent

#A1D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7342

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

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