#BC842A#BC842A

#BC842A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.123 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC842A
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 13.58, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 55.74, 75.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0326 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.123 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4104, 27.3636, 5.9228)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC842A #2A62BC

analogous

#BC3B2A #BC842A #ABBC2A

triadic

#BC842A #2ABC84 #842ABC

tetradic

#BC842A #2ABC3B #2A62BC #BC2AAB

square

#BC842A #2ABC3B #2A62BC #BC2AAB

split-complementary

#BC842A #2AABBC #3B2ABC

monochromatic

#583E14 #8A611F #BC842A #D7A24C #E2BC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BC842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BC842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC842A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC842A	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.123 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76a',
    500: '#bc842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc842a;
$custom-light: #d5a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6542,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC842A

secondary

#7797CB

accent

#81E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC842A

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

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