#BC835E#BC835E

#BC835E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.087 H 53.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC835E
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 94)
HSL	hsl(24, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(24, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 17.65, 28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 33.72, 58.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.0517 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.087 53.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8773, 27.7344, 14.3145)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC835E #5E97BC

analogous

#BC5E68 #BC835E #BCB25E

triadic

#BC835E #5EBC83 #835EBC

tetradic

#BC835E #68BC5E #5E97BC #B25EBC

square

#BC835E #68BC5E #5E97BC #B25EBC

split-complementary

#BC835E #5EBCB2 #5E68BC

monochromatic

#71492F #9C6541 #BC835E #CEA489 #E0C6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC835E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC835E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC835E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC835E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC835E	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93885B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc835e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.087 53.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a78c',
    500: '#bc835e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc835e;
$custom-light: #d3a78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc835e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.617,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65872,
    "c": 0.0872,
    "h": 53.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC835E

secondary

#A7BFCF

accent

#A1D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC835E

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

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