#BC832D#BC832D

#BC832D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.121 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC832D
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 45)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 14.26, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 54.52, 74.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0349 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.121 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3311, 27.1159, 6.1712)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC832D #2D66BC

analogous

#BC3C2D #BC832D #ADBC2D

triadic

#BC832D #2DBC83 #832DBC

tetradic

#BC832D #2DBC3C #2D66BC #BC2DAD

square

#BC832D #2DBC3C #2D66BC #BC2DAD

split-complementary

#BC832D #2DADBC #3C2DBC

monochromatic

#593E15 #8B6121 #BC832D #D5A151 #E1BB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC832D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BC832D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC832D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC832D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC832D	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)

#978620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc832d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.121 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76c',
    500: '#bc832d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc832d;
$custom-light: #d5a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc832d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.084,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65249,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC832D

secondary

#7B9ACA

accent

#84E443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC832D

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

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