#BC834D#BC834D

#BC834D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.100 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC834D
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 77)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 16.18, 37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 40.95, 66.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0451 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.1 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1967, 27.4622, 10.7301)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC834D #4D86BC

analogous

#BC4D4F #BC834D #BCBA4D

triadic

#BC834D #4DBC83 #834DBC

tetradic

#BC834D #4FBC4D #4D86BC #BA4DBC

square

#BC834D #4FBC4D #4D86BC #BA4DBC

split-complementary

#BC834D #4DBCBA #4D4FBC

monochromatic

#684627 #946538 #BC834D #CDA279 #DDC1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC834D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BC834D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC834D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC834D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC834D	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc834d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.100 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a780',
    500: '#bc834d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc834d;
$custom-light: #d4a780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc834d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.189,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65599,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC834D

secondary

#9AB3CB

accent

#96D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC834D

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

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