#BC7451#BC7451

#BC7451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7451
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 81)
HSL	hsl(20, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(20, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 24.78, 31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 39.78, 51.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0716 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.103 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4715, 23.7789, 10.8733)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7451 #5199BC

analogous

#BC5164 #BC7451 #BCA951

triadic

#BC7451 #51BC74 #7451BC

tetradic

#BC7451 #64BC51 #5199BC #A951BC

square

#BC7451 #64BC51 #5199BC #A951BC

split-complementary

#BC7451 #51BCA9 #5164BC

monochromatic

#6A3E29 #96583A #BC7451 #CD977D #DEBBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BC7451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BC7451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7451

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7451	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49c82',
    500: '#bc7451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7451;
$custom-light: #d49c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.626,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6288,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7451

secondary

#9DBCCC

accent

#AAD454

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7451

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

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