#BC822A#BC822A

#BC822A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.123 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC822A
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, 14.68, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 55.57, 74.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0358 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.123 73)
XYZ	xyz(29.1417, 26.8263, 5.8332)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC822A #2A64BC

analogous

#BC392A #BC822A #ADBC2A

triadic

#BC822A #2ABC82 #822ABC

tetradic

#BC822A #2ABC39 #2A64BC #BC2AAD

square

#BC822A #2ABC39 #2A64BC #BC2AAD

split-complementary

#BC822A #2AADBC #392ABC

monochromatic

#583D14 #8A5F1F #BC822A #D7A04C #E2BA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC822A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BC822A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC822A

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC822A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC822A	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc822a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.123 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a66a',
    500: '#bc822a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc822a;
$custom-light: #d5a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc822a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.164,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65033,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.26824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC822A

secondary

#7798CB

accent

#83E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC822A

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

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