#BC7742#BC7742

#BC7742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.111 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7742
RGB	rgb(188, 119, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 22.03, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 45.50, 61.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.061 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.111 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3213, 24.2810, 8.3484)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7742 #4287BC

analogous

#BC424A #BC7742 #BCB442

triadic

#BC7742 #42BC77 #7742BC

tetradic

#BC7742 #4ABC42 #4287BC #B442BC

square

#BC7742 #4ABC42 #4287BC #B442BC

split-complementary

#BC7742 #42BCB4 #424ABC

monochromatic

#613E22 #8F5A32 #BC7742 #CC976F #DCB89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BC7742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#BC7742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7742

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7742	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD696B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 119, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.111 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59e78',
    500: '#bc7742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7742;
$custom-light: #d59e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.066,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63203,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7742

secondary

#91B1C9

accent

#9DD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7742

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

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