#BC7A42#BC7A42

#BC7A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.109 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7A42
RGB	rgb(188, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(28, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, 20.37, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 45.45, 63.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.056 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.109 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6840, 25.0064, 8.4692)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7A42 #4284BC

analogous

#BC4247 #BC7A42 #BCB742

triadic

#BC7A42 #42BC7A #7A42BC

tetradic

#BC7A42 #47BC42 #4284BC #B742BC

square

#BC7A42 #47BC42 #4284BC #B742BC

split-complementary

#BC7A42 #42BCB7 #4247BC

monochromatic

#613F22 #8F5D32 #BC7A42 #CC9A6F #DCBA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#BC7A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#BC7A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7A42

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7A42	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.109 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a078',
    500: '#bc7a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7a42;
$custom-light: #d4a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.541,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63755,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7A42

secondary

#91AFC9

accent

#99D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7A42

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

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