#BC7956#BC7956

#BC7956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.097 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7956
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 22.45, 29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 37.41, 53.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.0652 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.097 48)
XYZ	xyz(29.2579, 25.0405, 12.0947)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7956 #5699BC

analogous

#BC5666 #BC7956 #BCAC56

triadic

#BC7956 #56BC79 #7956BC

tetradic

#BC7956 #66BC56 #5699BC #AC56BC

square

#BC7956 #66BC56 #5699BC #AC56BC

split-complementary

#BC7956 #56BCAC #5666BC

monochromatic

#6D422B #985C3C #BC7956 #CD9C82 #DFBEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#BC7956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#BC7956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7956

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7956	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.097 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a086',
    500: '#bc7956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7956;
$custom-light: #d3a086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.588,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63869,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.25038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7956

secondary

#A1BECD

accent

#A8D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7956

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

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