#BC812B#BC812B

#BC812B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.122 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC812B
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 15.28, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 55.12, 73.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0376 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.122 72)
XYZ	xyz(29.0275, 26.5689, 5.8846)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC812B #2B66BC

analogous

#BC382B #BC812B #AFBC2B

triadic

#BC812B #2BBC81 #812BBC

tetradic

#BC812B #2BBC38 #2B66BC #BC2BAF

square

#BC812B #2BBC38 #2B66BC #BC2BAF

split-complementary

#BC812B #2BAFBC #382BBC

monochromatic

#583D14 #8A5F20 #BC812B #D69F4E #E2BA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#BC812B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#BC812B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC812B

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC812B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC812B	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)

#95841E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc812b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.122 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a56a',
    500: '#bc812b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc812b;
$custom-light: #d5a56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc812b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.586,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64848,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.26566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC812B

secondary

#789ACB

accent

#85E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC812B

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

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