#BC7259#BC7259

#BC7259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.101 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7259
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 89)
HSL	hsl(15, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 26.57, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 37.32, 44.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0781 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.101 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5613, 23.4499, 12.4713)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7259 #59A3BC

analogous

#BC5972 #BC7259 #BCA459

triadic

#BC7259 #59BC72 #7259BC

tetradic

#BC7259 #72BC59 #59A3BC #A459BC

square

#BC7259 #72BC59 #59A3BC #A459BC

split-complementary

#BC7259 #59BCA4 #5972BC

monochromatic

#6E3D2C #9A553E #BC7259 #CE9785 #DFBCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BC7259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#BC7259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7259

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7259	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.101 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49b88',
    500: '#bc7259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7259;
$custom-light: #d49b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.152,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62665,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7259

secondary

#A3C3CD

accent

#B3D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7259

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

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