#BC836B#BC836B

#BC836B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.079 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC836B
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 107)
HSL	hsl(18, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(18, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 18.99, 21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 28.89, 48.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.057 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.079 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5106, 27.9877, 17.6496)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC836B #6BA4BC

analogous

#BC6B7B #BC836B #BCAB6B

triadic

#BC836B #6BBC83 #836BBC

tetradic

#BC836B #7BBC6B #6BA4BC #AB6BBC

square

#BC836B #7BBC6B #6BA4BC #AB6BBC

split-complementary

#BC836B #6BBCAB #6B7BBC

monochromatic

#774936 #A16349 #BC836B #CFA695 #E2CABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC836B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BC836B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC836B

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC836B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC836B	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F956B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc836b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.079 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a795',
    500: '#bc836b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc836b;
$custom-light: #d2a795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc836b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66125,
    "c": 0.07888,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC836B

secondary

#B1C8D2

accent

#ABCE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC836B

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

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