#BC742F#BC742F

#BC742F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC742F
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 47)
HSL	hsl(29, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(29, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 22.63, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 53.22, 64.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.0599 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.122 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4998, 23.3901, 5.7553)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC742F #2F77BC

analogous

#BC2F30 #BC742F #BCBA2F

triadic

#BC742F #2FBC74 #742FBC

tetradic

#BC742F #30BC2F #2F77BC #BA2FBC

square

#BC742F #30BC2F #2F77BC #BA2FBC

split-complementary

#BC742F #2FBCBA #2F30BC

monochromatic

#5A3817 #8B5623 #BC742F #D49354 #E0B285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BC742F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#BC742F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC742F

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC742F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC742F	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc742f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69c6c',
    500: '#bc742f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc742f;
$custom-light: #d69c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc742f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.362,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62449,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC742F

secondary

#7DA4CA

accent

#96E345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC742F

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

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