#BC822C#BC822C

#BC822C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.121 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC822C
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 14.77, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 54.82, 74.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0363 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.121 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1784, 26.8410, 6.0265)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC822C #2C66BC

analogous

#BC3A2C #BC822C #AEBC2C

triadic

#BC822C #2CBC82 #822CBC

tetradic

#BC822C #2CBC3A #2C66BC #BC2CAE

square

#BC822C #2CBC3A #2C66BC #BC2CAE

split-complementary

#BC822C #2CAEBC #3A2CBC

monochromatic

#593D15 #8A6020 #BC822C #D6A04F #E1BB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC822C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#BC822C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC822C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC822C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC822C	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)

#96851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc822c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.121 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a66b',
    500: '#bc822c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc822c;
$custom-light: #d5a66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc822c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65048,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC822C

secondary

#799ACA

accent

#84E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC822C

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

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