#BC824D#BC824D

#BC824D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.100 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC824D
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 77)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 16.73, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 40.90, 65.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0468 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.1 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0631, 27.1949, 10.6855)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC824D #4D87BC

analogous

#BC4D50 #BC824D #BCBA4D

triadic

#BC824D #4DBC82 #824DBC

tetradic

#BC824D #50BC4D #4D87BC #BA4DBC

square

#BC824D #50BC4D #4D87BC #BA4DBC

split-complementary

#BC824D #4DBCBA #4D50BC

monochromatic

#684627 #946438 #BC824D #CDA179 #DDC0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC824D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BC824D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC824D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC824D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC824D	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc824d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.100 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a680',
    500: '#bc824d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc824d;
$custom-light: #d4a680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc824d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.649,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65408,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC824D

secondary

#9AB3CB

accent

#97D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC824D

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

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