#BC824F#BC824F

#BC824F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.098 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC824F
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 79)
HSL	hsl(28, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 16.89, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 40.03, 65.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0475 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.098 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1348, 27.2235, 11.0632)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC824F #4F89BC

analogous

#BC4F53 #BC824F #BCB84F

triadic

#BC824F #4FBC82 #824FBC

tetradic

#BC824F #53BC4F #4F89BC #B84FBC

square

#BC824F #53BC4F #4F89BC #B84FBC

split-complementary

#BC824F #4FBCB8 #4F53BC

monochromatic

#694628 #956439 #BC824F #CDA17B #DEC1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC824F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BC824F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC824F

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC824F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC824F	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)

#94874B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc824f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.098 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a681',
    500: '#bc824f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc824f;
$custom-light: #d4a681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc824f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.073,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65437,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC824F

secondary

#9CB5CB

accent

#98D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC824F

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

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