#BC7252#BC7252

#BC7252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.104 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7252
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 82)
HSL	hsl(18, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 25.96, 30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 39.67, 49.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0753 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.104 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2812, 23.3378, 10.9962)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7252 #529CBC

analogous

#BC5267 #BC7252 #BCA752

triadic

#BC7252 #52BC72 #7252BC

tetradic

#BC7252 #67BC52 #529CBC #A752BC

square

#BC7252 #67BC52 #529CBC #A752BC

split-complementary

#BC7252 #52BCA7 #5267BC

monochromatic

#6A3D29 #97563A #BC7252 #CD967E #DEBAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BC7252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#BC7252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7252

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7252	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.104 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49b83',
    500: '#bc7252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7252;
$custom-light: #d49b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.113,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6254,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7252

secondary

#9EBECC

accent

#ADD454

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7252

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

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