#BC832F#BC832F

#BC832F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.120 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC832F
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 47)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 14.34, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 53.75, 74.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0354 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.12 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3705, 27.1317, 6.3789)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC832F #2F68BC

analogous

#BC3D2F #BC832F #AEBC2F

triadic

#BC832F #2FBC83 #832FBC

tetradic

#BC832F #2FBC3D #2F68BC #BC2FAE

square

#BC832F #2FBC3D #2F68BC #BC2FAE

split-complementary

#BC832F #2FAEBC #3D2FBC

monochromatic

#5A3F17 #8B6123 #BC832F #D4A054 #E0BB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BC832F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BC832F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC832F

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC832F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC832F	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc832f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.120 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76d',
    500: '#bc832f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc832f;
$custom-light: #d5a76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc832f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65265,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC832F

secondary

#7D9CCA

accent

#85E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC832F

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

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