#BC842B#BC842B

#BC842B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.122 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC842B
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 13.62, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 55.37, 75.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0328 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.122 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4285, 27.3708, 6.0182)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC842B #2B63BC

analogous

#BC3C2B #BC842B #ABBC2B

triadic

#BC842B #2BBC84 #842BBC

tetradic

#BC842B #2BBC3C #2B63BC #BC2BAB

square

#BC842B #2BBC3C #2B63BC #BC2BAB

split-complementary

#BC842B #2BABBC #3C2BBC

monochromatic

#583E14 #8A6120 #BC842B #D6A24E #E2BC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BC842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BC842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC842B

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC842B	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)

#98871D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76b',
    500: '#bc842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc842b;
$custom-light: #d5a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.828,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65427,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC842B

secondary

#7898CB

accent

#81E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC842B

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

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