#BC835F#BC835F

#BC835F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.086 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC835F
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 95)
HSL	hsl(23, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(23, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 17.75, 28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 33.32, 57.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.0521 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.087 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9225, 27.7525, 14.5524)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC835F #5F98BC

analogous

#BC5F69 #BC835F #BCB15F

triadic

#BC835F #5FBC83 #835FBC

tetradic

#BC835F #69BC5F #5F98BC #B15FBC

square

#BC835F #69BC5F #5F98BC #B15FBC

split-complementary

#BC835F #5FBCB1 #5F69BC

monochromatic

#71492F #9C6541 #BC835F #CEA48A #E0C6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC835F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC835F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC835F

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC835F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC835F	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)

#93885C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc835f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.086 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a78d',
    500: '#bc835f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc835f;
$custom-light: #d3a78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc835f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.226,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6589,
    "c": 0.0865,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC835F

secondary

#A8C0CF

accent

#A2D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC835F

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

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