#BC7656#BC7656

#BC7656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.099 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7656
RGB	rgb(188, 118, 86)
HSL	hsl(19, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(19, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 24.11, 29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 37.73, 50.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0702 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.099 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8990, 24.3227, 11.9750)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7656 #569CBC

analogous

#BC5669 #BC7656 #BCA956

triadic

#BC7656 #56BC76 #7656BC

tetradic

#BC7656 #69BC56 #569CBC #A956BC

square

#BC7656 #69BC56 #569CBC #A956BC

split-complementary

#BC7656 #56BCA9 #5669BC

monochromatic

#6D402B #98593C #BC7656 #CD9A82 #DFBDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#BC7656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#BC7656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7656

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7656	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 118, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.099 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49e86',
    500: '#bc7656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7656;
$custom-light: #d49e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.824,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63324,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7656

secondary

#A1BFCD

accent

#ABD355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7656

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

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