#BC836D#BC836D

#BC836D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.078 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC836D
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 109)
HSL	hsl(17, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(17, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 19.22, 20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 28.24, 47.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0579 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.078 42)
XYZ	xyz(31.6170, 28.0303, 18.2102)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC836D #6DA6BC

analogous

#BC6D7E #BC836D #BCAA6D

triadic

#BC836D #6DBC83 #836DBC

tetradic

#BC836D #7EBC6D #6DA6BC #AA6DBC

square

#BC836D #7EBC6D #6DA6BC #AA6DBC

split-complementary

#BC836D #6DBCAA #6D7EBC

monochromatic

#784937 #A2634A #BC836D #CFA797 #E3CAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BC836D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BC836D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC836D

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC836D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC836D	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91896B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F956D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc836d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.078 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a797',
    500: '#bc836d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc836d;
$custom-light: #d2a797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc836d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.709,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66167,
    "c": 0.07779,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.28028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC836D

secondary

#B3C9D2

accent

#ADCD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC836D

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

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