#BC825E#BC825E

#BC825E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.088 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC825E
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 94)
HSL	hsl(23, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(23, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 18.20, 28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 33.75, 57.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0534 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.088 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7437, 27.4671, 14.2700)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC825E #5E98BC

analogous

#BC5E69 #BC825E #BCB15E

triadic

#BC825E #5EBC82 #825EBC

tetradic

#BC825E #69BC5E #5E98BC #B15EBC

square

#BC825E #69BC5E #5E98BC #B15EBC

split-complementary

#BC825E #5EBCB1 #5E69BC

monochromatic

#71482F #9C6441 #BC825E #CEA489 #E0C5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC825E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BC825E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC825E

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC825E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC825E	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92875B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc825e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.088 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a68c',
    500: '#bc825e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc825e;
$custom-light: #d3a68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc825e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.979,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65683,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC825E

secondary

#A7BFCF

accent

#A2D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC825E

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

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