#BC832E#BC832E

#BC832E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.120 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC832E
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 14.30, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 54.14, 74.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0352 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.12 73)
XYZ	xyz(29.3506, 27.1237, 6.2738)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC832E #2E67BC

analogous

#BC3C2E #BC832E #AEBC2E

triadic

#BC832E #2EBC83 #832EBC

tetradic

#BC832E #2EBC3C #2E67BC #BC2EAE

square

#BC832E #2EBC3C #2E67BC #BC2EAE

split-complementary

#BC832E #2EAEBC #3C2EBC

monochromatic

#5A3E16 #8B6122 #BC832E #D5A052 #E1BB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC832E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BC832E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC832E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC832E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC832E	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)

#978622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc832e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.120 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76c',
    500: '#bc832e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc832e;
$custom-light: #d5a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc832e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.915,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65256,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.27121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC832E

secondary

#7C9BCA

accent

#84E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC832E

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

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