#BC823D#BC823D

#BC823D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.111 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC823D
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 61)
HSL	hsl(33, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 15.63, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 47.88, 70.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.0412 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.111 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5660, 26.9960, 8.0676)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC823D #3D77BC

analogous

#BC423D #BC823D #B7BC3D

triadic

#BC823D #3DBC82 #823DBC

tetradic

#BC823D #3DBC42 #3D77BC #BC3DB7

square

#BC823D #3DBC42 #3D77BC #BC3DB7

split-complementary

#BC823D #3DB7BC #423DBC

monochromatic

#60421F #8E622E #BC823D #CEA068 #DDBD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BC823D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#BC823D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC823D

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC823D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC823D	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)

#958636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc823d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.111 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a675',
    500: '#bc823d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc823d;
$custom-light: #d4a675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc823d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.598,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65206,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC823D

secondary

#8CA8C9

accent

#8EDA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC823D

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

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