#BC822D#BC822D

#BC822D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.121 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC822D
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 45)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 14.81, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 54.44, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0365 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.121 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1975, 26.8486, 6.1267)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC822D #2D67BC

analogous

#BC3A2D #BC822D #AEBC2D

triadic

#BC822D #2DBC82 #822DBC

tetradic

#BC822D #2DBC3A #2D67BC #BC2DAE

square

#BC822D #2DBC3A #2D67BC #BC2DAE

split-complementary

#BC822D #2DAEBC #3A2DBC

monochromatic

#593E15 #8B6021 #BC822D #D5A051 #E1BB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC822D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#BC822D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC822D

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC822D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC822D	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)

#968521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc822d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.121 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a66c',
    500: '#bc822d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc822d;
$custom-light: #d5a66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc822d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.664,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65055,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC822D

secondary

#7B9BCA

accent

#85E443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC822D

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

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