#BC812A#BC812A

#BC812A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.123 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC812A
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 15.24, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 55.49, 74.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0374 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.123 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0094, 26.5616, 5.7891)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC812A #2A65BC

analogous

#BC382A #BC812A #AEBC2A

triadic

#BC812A #2ABC81 #812ABC

tetradic

#BC812A #2ABC38 #2A65BC #BC2AAE

square

#BC812A #2ABC38 #2A65BC #BC2AAE

split-complementary

#BC812A #2AAEBC #382ABC

monochromatic

#583C14 #8A5F1F #BC812A #D79F4C #E2BA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#BC812A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#BC812A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC812A

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC812A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC812A	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96841C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc812a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.123 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a56a',
    500: '#bc812a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc812a;
$custom-light: #d5a56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc812a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.753,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC812A

secondary

#7799CB

accent

#84E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC812A

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

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