#BC822B#BC822B

#BC822B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.122 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC822B
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 14.72, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 55.20, 74.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.036 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.122 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1599, 26.8336, 5.9287)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC822B #2B65BC

analogous

#BC392B #BC822B #ADBC2B

triadic

#BC822B #2BBC82 #822BBC

tetradic

#BC822B #2BBC39 #2B65BC #BC2BAD

square

#BC822B #2BBC39 #2B65BC #BC2BAD

split-complementary

#BC822B #2BADBC #392BBC

monochromatic

#583D14 #8A6020 #BC822B #D6A04E #E2BB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#BC822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC822B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC822B	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.122 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a66b',
    500: '#bc822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc822b;
$custom-light: #d5a66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6504,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC822B

secondary

#7899CB

accent

#84E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC822B

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

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