#BC7542#BC7542

#BC7542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.111 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7542
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 66)
HSL	hsl(25, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 23.13, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 45.57, 59.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.0643 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.111 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0858, 23.8100, 8.2698)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7542 #4289BC

analogous

#BC424C #BC7542 #BCB242

triadic

#BC7542 #42BC75 #7542BC

tetradic

#BC7542 #4CBC42 #4289BC #B242BC

square

#BC7542 #4CBC42 #4289BC #B242BC

split-complementary

#BC7542 #42BCB2 #424CBC

monochromatic

#613D22 #8F5932 #BC7542 #CC966F #DCB79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BC7542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BC7542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7542

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7542	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.111 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d78',
    500: '#bc7542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7542;
$custom-light: #d59d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.082,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62839,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7542

secondary

#91B1C9

accent

#9FD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7542

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

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