#BC833B#BC833B

#BC833B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.112 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC833B
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 59)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 14.96, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 48.82, 72.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0389 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.112 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6468, 27.2422, 7.8337)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC833B #3B74BC

analogous

#BC423B #BC833B #B4BC3B

triadic

#BC833B #3BBC83 #833BBC

tetradic

#BC833B #3BBC42 #3B74BC #BC3BB4

square

#BC833B #3BBC42 #3B74BC #BC3BB4

split-complementary

#BC833B #3BB4BC #423BBC

monochromatic

#5F421E #8D632C #BC833B #CFA065 #DDBD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC833B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BC833B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC833B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC833B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC833B	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc833b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.112 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a774',
    500: '#bc833b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc833b;
$custom-light: #d4a774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc833b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65376,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC833B

secondary

#8AA6C9

accent

#8CDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC833B

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

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