#BC832C#BC832C

#BC832C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.121 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC832C
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 14.21, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 54.90, 75.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0347 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.121 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3121, 27.1083, 6.0710)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC832C #2C65BC

analogous

#BC3B2C #BC832C #ADBC2C

triadic

#BC832C #2CBC83 #832CBC

tetradic

#BC832C #2CBC3B #2C65BC #BC2CAD

square

#BC832C #2CBC3B #2C65BC #BC2CAD

split-complementary

#BC832C #2CADBC #3B2CBC

monochromatic

#593E15 #8A6020 #BC832C #D6A14F #E1BB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC832C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BC832C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC832C

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC832C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC832C	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)

#97861F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc832c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.121 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76b',
    500: '#bc832c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc832c;
$custom-light: #d5a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc832c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.25,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65241,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC832C

secondary

#7999CA

accent

#83E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC832C

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

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