#BC7251#BC7251

#BC7251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.105 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7251
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 81)
HSL	hsl(19, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 25.88, 30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 40.03, 49.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.0749 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.105 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2435, 23.3227, 10.7973)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7251 #519BBC

analogous

#BC5165 #BC7251 #BCA851

triadic

#BC7251 #51BC72 #7251BC

tetradic

#BC7251 #65BC51 #519BBC #A851BC

square

#BC7251 #65BC51 #519BBC #A851BC

split-complementary

#BC7251 #51BCA8 #5165BC

monochromatic

#6A3D29 #96563A #BC7251 #CD967D #DEBAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BC7251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BC7251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7251

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7251	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.105 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49b82',
    500: '#bc7251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7251;
$custom-light: #d49b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.505,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62523,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7251

secondary

#9DBDCC

accent

#ADD454

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7251

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

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