#BC7442#BC7442

#BC7442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.112 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7442
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 66)
HSL	hsl(25, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 23.68, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 45.62, 58.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0659 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.112 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9699, 23.5782, 8.2312)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7442 #428ABC

analogous

#BC424D #BC7442 #BCB142

triadic

#BC7442 #42BC74 #7442BC

tetradic

#BC7442 #4DBC42 #428ABC #B142BC

square

#BC7442 #4DBC42 #428ABC #B142BC

split-complementary

#BC7442 #42BCB1 #424DBC

monochromatic

#613C22 #8F5832 #BC7442 #CC956F #DCB69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BC7442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#BC7442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7442

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7442	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.112 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59c78',
    500: '#bc7442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7442;
$custom-light: #d59c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.59,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62658,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7442

secondary

#91B2C9

accent

#A0D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7442

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

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