#BC755B#BC755B

#BC755B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.098 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC755B
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 91)
HSL	hsl(16, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(16, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 25.11, 26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 36.16, 46.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.0739 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.098 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9904, 24.1718, 13.0343)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC755B #5BA2BC

analogous

#BC5B72 #BC755B #BCA55B

triadic

#BC755B #5BBC75 #755BBC

tetradic

#BC755B #72BC5B #5BA2BC #A55BBC

square

#BC755B #72BC5B #5BA2BC #A55BBC

split-complementary

#BC755B #5BBCA5 #5B72BC

monochromatic

#6F3F2D #9B583F #BC755B #CE9A86 #E0BEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#BC755B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#BC755B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC755B

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC755B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC755B	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc755b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.098 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d89',
    500: '#bc755b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc755b;
$custom-light: #d39d89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc755b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.082,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63236,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC755B

secondary

#A5C3CE

accent

#B1D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC755B

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

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