#BC824B#BC824B

#BC824B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.101 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC824B
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 75)
HSL	hsl(29, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 16.58, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 41.78, 66.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.046 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.101 63)
XYZ	xyz(29.9935, 27.1671, 10.3193)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC824B #4B85BC

analogous

#BC4B4D #BC824B #BCBB4B

triadic

#BC824B #4BBC82 #824BBC

tetradic

#BC824B #4DBC4B #4B85BC #BB4BBC

square

#BC824B #4DBC4B #4B85BC #BB4BBC

split-complementary

#BC824B #4BBCBB #4B4DBC

monochromatic

#664526 #936437 #BC824B #CDA178 #DDC0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC824B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BC824B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC824B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC824B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC824B	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#948646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc824b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.101 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a67f',
    500: '#bc824b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc824b;
$custom-light: #d4a67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc824b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.204,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6538,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.27165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC824B

secondary

#99B2CA

accent

#96D552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC824B

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

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