#BC824A#BC824A

#BC824A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.102 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC824A
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 74)
HSL	hsl(29, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 16.50, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 42.21, 66.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0457 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.102 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9596, 27.1535, 10.1405)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC824A #4A84BC

analogous

#BC4A4B #BC824A #BCBB4A

triadic

#BC824A #4ABC82 #824ABC

tetradic

#BC824A #4BBC4A #4A84BC #BB4ABC

square

#BC824A #4BBC4A #4A84BC #BB4ABC

split-complementary

#BC824A #4ABCBB #4A4BBC

monochromatic

#664526 #936436 #BC824A #CDA177 #DDC0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC824A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BC824A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC824A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC824A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC824A	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc824a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.102 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a67e',
    500: '#bc824a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc824a;
$custom-light: #d4a67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc824a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.474,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65366,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC824A

secondary

#98B1CA

accent

#95D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC824A

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

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