#BC7955#BC7955

#BC7955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.098 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7955
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 85)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(21, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 22.36, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 37.78, 53.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.0648 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.098 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2179, 25.0245, 11.8840)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7955 #5598BC

analogous

#BC5564 #BC7955 #BCAC55

triadic

#BC7955 #55BC79 #7955BC

tetradic

#BC7955 #64BC55 #5598BC #AC55BC

square

#BC7955 #64BC55 #5598BC #AC55BC

split-complementary

#BC7955 #55BCAC #5564BC

monochromatic

#6C412B #985C3C #BC7955 #CD9C81 #DFBEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#BC7955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#BC7955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7955

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7955	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.098 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a085',
    500: '#bc7955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7955;
$custom-light: #d4a085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.971,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63852,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7955

secondary

#A0BDCC

accent

#A7D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7955

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

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