#BC842C#BC842C

#BC842C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.122 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC842C
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 13.66, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 55.00, 75.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0331 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.122 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4471, 27.3782, 6.1160)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC842C #2C64BC

analogous

#BC3C2C #BC842C #ACBC2C

triadic

#BC842C #2CBC84 #842CBC

tetradic

#BC842C #2CBC3C #2C64BC #BC2CAC

square

#BC842C #2CBC3C #2C64BC #BC2CAC

split-complementary

#BC842C #2CACBC #3C2CBC

monochromatic

#593E15 #8A6120 #BC842C #D6A24F #E1BC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BC842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BC842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC842C

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC842C	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76b',
    500: '#bc842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc842c;
$custom-light: #d5a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65435,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC842C

secondary

#7999CA

accent

#82E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC842C

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

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