#BC7942#BC7942

#BC7942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.110 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7942
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 20.93, 40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 45.46, 62.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0577 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.11 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5618, 24.7621, 8.4285)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7942 #4285BC

analogous

#BC4248 #BC7942 #BCB642

triadic

#BC7942 #42BC79 #7942BC

tetradic

#BC7942 #48BC42 #4285BC #B642BC

square

#BC7942 #48BC42 #4285BC #B642BC

split-complementary

#BC7942 #42BCB6 #4248BC

monochromatic

#613F22 #8F5C32 #BC7942 #CC996F #DCB99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#BC7942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#BC7942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7942

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7942	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.110 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a078',
    500: '#bc7942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7942;
$custom-light: #d4a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.049,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6357,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7942

secondary

#91B0C9

accent

#9BD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7942

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

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