#BC822E#BC822E

#BC822E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.120 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC822E
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 46)
HSL	hsl(35, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 14.85, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 54.05, 74.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.0368 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.12 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2169, 26.8564, 6.2293)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC822E #2E68BC

analogous

#BC3B2E #BC822E #AFBC2E

triadic

#BC822E #2EBC82 #822EBC

tetradic

#BC822E #2EBC3B #2E68BC #BC2EAF

square

#BC822E #2EBC3B #2E68BC #BC2EAF

split-complementary

#BC822E #2EAFBC #3B2EBC

monochromatic

#5A3E16 #8B6022 #BC822E #D5A052 #E1BB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC822E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#BC822E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC822E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC822E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC822E	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)

#968522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc822e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.120 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a66c',
    500: '#bc822e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc822e;
$custom-light: #d5a66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc822e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.493,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65063,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC822E

secondary

#7C9CCA

accent

#85E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC822E

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

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