#BC7B42#BC7B42

#BC7B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7B42
RGB	rgb(188, 123, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(28, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 19.82, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 45.45, 64.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.0544 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.109 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8074, 25.2532, 8.5104)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7B42 #4283BC

analogous

#BC4246 #BC7B42 #BCB842

triadic

#BC7B42 #42BC7B #7B42BC

tetradic

#BC7B42 #46BC42 #4283BC #B842BC

square

#BC7B42 #46BC42 #4283BC #B842BC

split-complementary

#BC7B42 #42BCB8 #4246BC

monochromatic

#614022 #8F5D32 #BC7B42 #CC9B6F #DCBA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#BC7B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#BC7B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7B42

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7B42	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 123, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a178',
    500: '#bc7b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7b42;
$custom-light: #d4a178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.033,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63941,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7B42

secondary

#91AFC9

accent

#98D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7B42

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

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