#BC7452#BC7452

#BC7452 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 45.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7452
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 82)
HSL	hsl(19, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 24.87, 30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 39.41, 50.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.072 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.103 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5093, 23.7940, 11.0722)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7452 #529ABC

analogous

#BC5265 #BC7452 #BCA952

triadic

#BC7452 #52BC74 #7452BC

tetradic

#BC7452 #65BC52 #529ABC #A952BC

square

#BC7452 #65BC52 #529ABC #A952BC

split-complementary

#BC7452 #52BCA9 #5265BC

monochromatic

#6A3E29 #97583A #BC7452 #CD977E #DEBBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BC7452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BC7452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7452

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7452	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)

#877C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC676C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49c83',
    500: '#bc7452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7452;
$custom-light: #d49c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.245,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62896,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7452

secondary

#9EBDCC

accent

#ABD454

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7452

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

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