#BC7255#BC7255

#BC7255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7255
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(17, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(17, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 26.22, 28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 38.63, 47.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.0765 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.103 42)
XYZ	xyz(28.3979, 23.3845, 11.6106)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7255 #559FBC

analogous

#BC556B #BC7255 #BCA555

triadic

#BC7255 #55BC72 #7255BC

tetradic

#BC7255 #6BBC55 #559FBC #A555BC

square

#BC7255 #6BBC55 #559FBC #A555BC

split-complementary

#BC7255 #55BCA5 #556BBC

monochromatic

#6C3D2B #98563C #BC7255 #CD9681 #DFBBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BC7255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#BC7255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7255

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7255	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC656B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49b85',
    500: '#bc7255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7255;
$custom-light: #d49b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.893,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62592,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.23382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7255

secondary

#A0C0CC

accent

#B0D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7255

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

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