#BC822F#BC822F

#BC822F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.120 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC822F
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 47)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 14.90, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 53.66, 73.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0371 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.12 72)
XYZ	xyz(29.2369, 26.8644, 6.3343)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC822F #2F69BC

analogous

#BC3B2F #BC822F #AFBC2F

triadic

#BC822F #2FBC82 #822FBC

tetradic

#BC822F #2FBC3B #2F69BC #BC2FAF

square

#BC822F #2FBC3B #2F69BC #BC2FAF

split-complementary

#BC822F #2FAFBC #3B2FBC

monochromatic

#5A3E17 #8B6023 #BC822F #D49F54 #E0BB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BC822F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#BC822F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC822F

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC822F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC822F	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)

#968523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc822f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.120 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a66d',
    500: '#bc822f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc822f;
$custom-light: #d5a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc822f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.319,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65072,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.26862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC822F

secondary

#7D9DCA

accent

#86E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC822F

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

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