#BC7550#BC7550

#BC7550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.103 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7550
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 80)
HSL	hsl(21, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 24.15, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 40.05, 52.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.0695 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.103 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5502, 23.9957, 10.7159)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7550 #5097BC

analogous

#BC5061 #BC7550 #BCAB50

triadic

#BC7550 #50BC75 #7550BC

tetradic

#BC7550 #61BC50 #5097BC #AB50BC

square

#BC7550 #61BC50 #5097BC #AB50BC

split-complementary

#BC7550 #50BCAB #5061BC

monochromatic

#693F28 #965939 #BC7550 #CD987C #DEBBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BC7550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#BC7550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7550

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7550	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC686C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.103 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d82',
    500: '#bc7550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7550;
$custom-light: #d49d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.556,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63043,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7550

secondary

#9CBBCB

accent

#A8D453

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7550

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

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