#BC8742#BC8742

#BC8742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.108 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8742
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 13.18, 44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 46.17, 73.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.0347 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.108 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3883, 28.4150, 9.0374)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8742 #4277BC

analogous

#BC4A42 #BC8742 #B4BC42

triadic

#BC8742 #42BC87 #8742BC

tetradic

#BC8742 #42BC4A #4277BC #BC42B4

square

#BC8742 #42BC4A #4277BC #BC42B4

split-complementary

#BC8742 #42B4BC #4A42BC

monochromatic

#614622 #8F6632 #BC8742 #CCA46F #DCC09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BC8742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8742

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8742	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.108 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a979',
    500: '#bc8742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8742;
$custom-light: #d4a979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.934,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66229,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8742

secondary

#91A9C9

accent

#8BD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8742

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

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