#BC7D42#BC7D42

#BC7D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.109 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7D42
RGB	rgb(188, 125, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 18.71, 41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 45.48, 65.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.0511 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.109 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0580, 25.7545, 8.5939)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7D42 #4281BC

analogous

#BC4244 #BC7D42 #BCBA42

triadic

#BC7D42 #42BC7D #7D42BC

tetradic

#BC7D42 #44BC42 #4281BC #BA42BC

square

#BC7D42 #44BC42 #4281BC #BA42BC

split-complementary

#BC7D42 #42BCBA #4244BC

monochromatic

#614122 #8F5F32 #BC7D42 #CC9C6F #DCBB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#BC7D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#BC7D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7D42

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7D42	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 125, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.109 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a278',
    500: '#bc7d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7d42;
$custom-light: #d4a278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.016,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64315,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7D42

secondary

#91AEC9

accent

#96D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF3ED

border

#D4CDC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7D42

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

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