#BC835A#BC835A

#BC835A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.090 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC835A
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 90)
HSL	hsl(25, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 17.27, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 35.36, 60.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0501 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.09 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7025, 27.6645, 13.3936)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC835A #5A93BC

analogous

#BC5A62 #BC835A #BCB45A

triadic

#BC835A #5ABC83 #835ABC

tetradic

#BC835A #62BC5A #5A93BC #B45ABC

square

#BC835A #62BC5A #5A93BC #B45ABC

split-complementary

#BC835A #5ABCB4 #5A62BC

monochromatic

#6F482D #9A653F #BC835A #CEA486 #DFC4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC835A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC835A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC835A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC835A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC835A	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1945A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc835a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.090 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a789',
    500: '#bc835a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc835a;
$custom-light: #d3a789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc835a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.102,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65802,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC835A

secondary

#A4BCCE

accent

#9ED256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC835A

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

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