#BC812E#BC812E

#BC812E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.120 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC812E
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 46)
HSL	hsl(35, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 15.41, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 53.97, 73.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.0384 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.12 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0846, 26.5917, 6.1852)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC812E #2E69BC

analogous

#BC3A2E #BC812E #B0BC2E

triadic

#BC812E #2EBC81 #812EBC

tetradic

#BC812E #2EBC3A #2E69BC #BC2EB0

square

#BC812E #2EBC3A #2E69BC #BC2EB0

split-complementary

#BC812E #2EB0BC #3A2EBC

monochromatic

#5A3E16 #8B5F22 #BC812E #D59F52 #E1BA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#BC812E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#BC812E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC812E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC812E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC812E	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc812e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.120 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a56c',
    500: '#bc812e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc812e;
$custom-light: #d5a56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc812e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.07,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64871,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC812E

secondary

#7C9CCA

accent

#86E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC812E

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

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