#BC7842#BC7842

#BC7842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.110 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7842
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 21.48, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 45.47, 61.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.0593 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.11 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4409, 24.5203, 8.3882)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7842 #4286BC

analogous

#BC4249 #BC7842 #BCB542

triadic

#BC7842 #42BC78 #7842BC

tetradic

#BC7842 #49BC42 #4286BC #B542BC

square

#BC7842 #49BC42 #4286BC #B542BC

split-complementary

#BC7842 #42BCB5 #4249BC

monochromatic

#613E22 #8F5B32 #BC7842 #CC986F #DCB99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BC7842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#BC7842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7842

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7842	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.110 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f78',
    500: '#bc7842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7842;
$custom-light: #d59f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.557,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63386,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7842

secondary

#91B0C9

accent

#9CD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7842

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

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