#BC832A#BC832A

#BC832A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.123 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC832A
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 14.13, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 55.65, 75.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0342 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.123 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2754, 27.0937, 5.8778)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC832A #2A63BC

analogous

#BC3A2A #BC832A #ACBC2A

triadic

#BC832A #2ABC83 #832ABC

tetradic

#BC832A #2ABC3A #2A63BC #BC2AAC

square

#BC832A #2ABC3A #2A63BC #BC2AAC

split-complementary

#BC832A #2AACBC #3A2ABC

monochromatic

#583D14 #8A601F #BC832A #D7A14C #E2BB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC832A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BC832A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC832A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC832A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC832A	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc832a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.123 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76a',
    500: '#bc832a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc832a;
$custom-light: #d5a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc832a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.575,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65226,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC832A

secondary

#7798CB

accent

#82E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC832A

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

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