#BC832B#BC832B

#BC832B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.122 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC832B
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 14.17, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 55.28, 75.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0344 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.122 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2935, 27.1009, 5.9732)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC832B #2B64BC

analogous

#BC3A2B #BC832B #ACBC2B

triadic

#BC832B #2BBC83 #832BBC

tetradic

#BC832B #2BBC3A #2B64BC #BC2BAC

square

#BC832B #2BBC3A #2B64BC #BC2BAC

split-complementary

#BC832B #2BACBC #3A2BBC

monochromatic

#583E14 #8A6020 #BC832B #D6A14E #E2BB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC832B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BC832B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC832B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC832B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC832B	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)

#97861D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc832b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.122 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76b',
    500: '#bc832b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc832b;
$custom-light: #d5a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc832b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.414,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65233,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC832B

secondary

#7899CB

accent

#82E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC832B

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

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