#BC7B59#BC7B59

#BC7B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.094 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7B59
RGB	rgb(188, 123, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(21, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 21.61, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 36.10, 53.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.063 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.094 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6269, 25.5810, 12.8265)
Luminance	0.2558 (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

#BC7B59 #599ABC

analogous

#BC5969 #BC7B59 #BCAD59

triadic

#BC7B59 #59BC7B #7B59BC

tetradic

#BC7B59 #69BC59 #599ABC #AD59BC

square

#BC7B59 #69BC59 #599ABC #AD59BC

split-complementary

#BC7B59 #59BCAD #5969BC

monochromatic

#6E432C #9A5E3E #BC7B59 #CE9E85 #DFC0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BC7B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#BC7B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7B59

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7B59	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 123, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.094 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a188',
    500: '#bc7b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7b59;
$custom-light: #d3a188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.606,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64288,
    "c": 0.09445,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7B59

secondary

#A3BFCD

accent

#A7D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150F0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7B59

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

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