#BC7459#BC7459

#BC7459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.099 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7459
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 89)
HSL	hsl(16, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(16, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 25.47, 26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 36.98, 46.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.0747 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.099 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7894, 23.9060, 12.5474)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7459 #59A1BC

analogous

#BC5970 #BC7459 #BCA659

triadic

#BC7459 #59BC74 #7459BC

tetradic

#BC7459 #70BC59 #59A1BC #A659BC

square

#BC7459 #70BC59 #59A1BC #A659BC

split-complementary

#BC7459 #59BCA6 #5970BC

monochromatic

#6E3E2C #9A573E #BC7459 #CE9985 #DFBDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BC7459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#BC7459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7459

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7459	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB686D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.099 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49c88',
    500: '#bc7459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7459;
$custom-light: #d49c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6302,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7459

secondary

#A3C2CD

accent

#B0D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7459

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

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