#BC7C42#BC7C42

#BC7C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.109 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC7C42
RGBrgb(188, 124, 66)
HSLhsl(29, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(29, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(57.56, 19.27, 41.18)
CIE-LCHlch(57.56, 45.46, 64.93°)
OKLaboklab(64.13% 0.0527 0.0952)
OKLCHoklch(64.13% 0.109 61)
XYZxyz(28.9321, 25.5026, 8.5519)
Luminance0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC7C42 #4282BC
analogous
#BC4245 #BC7C42 #BCB942
triadic
#BC7C42 #42BC7C #7C42BC
tetradic
#BC7C42 #45BC42 #4282BC #B942BC
square
#BC7C42 #45BC42 #4282BC #B942BC
split-complementary
#BC7C42 #42BCB9 #4245BC
monochromatic
#614022 #8F5E32 #BC7C42 #CC9B6F #DCBB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44
#BC7C42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10
#BC7C42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7C42
6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC7C42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC7C421.003.446.106.10
#FFFFFF3.441.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1021.001.001.00
##0000006.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#90823C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F9043
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC6E6F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc7c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 124, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.109 61.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a278',
    500: '#bc7c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc7c42;
$custom-light: #d4a278;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc7c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.525,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64128,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC7C42
secondary
#91AEC9
accent
#97D850
background
#FDF9F7
surface
#FBF2ED
border
#D4CCC8
text
#150F09
muted
#837E7B

Preview Lab

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#BC7C42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva