#BC823B#BC823B

#BC823B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.112 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC823B
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 59)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, 15.52, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 48.74, 71.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0405 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.112 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5131, 26.9749, 7.7891)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC823B #3B75BC

analogous

#BC413B #BC823B #B5BC3B

triadic

#BC823B #3BBC82 #823BBC

tetradic

#BC823B #3BBC41 #3B75BC #BC3BB5

square

#BC823B #3BBC41 #3B75BC #BC3BB5

split-complementary

#BC823B #3BB5BC #413BBC

monochromatic

#5F421E #8D622C #BC823B #CF9F65 #DDBC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BC823B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#BC823B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC823B

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC823B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC823B	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc823b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.112 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a674',
    500: '#bc823b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc823b;
$custom-light: #d5a674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc823b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.023,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65184,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC823B

secondary

#8AA6C9

accent

#8DDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC823B

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

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