#BC823C#BC823C

#BC823C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.112 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC823C
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 60)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 15.57, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 48.31, 71.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.0409 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.112 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5393, 26.9854, 7.9270)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC823C #3C76BC

analogous

#BC423C #BC823C #B6BC3C

triadic

#BC823C #3CBC82 #823CBC

tetradic

#BC823C #3CBC42 #3C76BC #BC3CB6

square

#BC823C #3CBC42 #3C76BC #BC3CB6

split-complementary

#BC823C #3CB6BC #423CBC

monochromatic

#5F421E #8E622D #BC823C #CE9F67 #DDBD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BC823C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#BC823C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC823C

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC823C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC823C	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc823c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.112 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a675',
    500: '#bc823c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc823c;
$custom-light: #d4a675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc823c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.813,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65195,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC823C

secondary

#8BA7C9

accent

#8DDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC823C

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

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