#BC842D#BC842D

#BC842D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.121 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC842D
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 13.70, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 54.62, 75.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0333 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.121 74)
XYZ	xyz(29.4661, 27.3859, 6.2162)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC842D #2D65BC

analogous

#BC3C2D #BC842D #ACBC2D

triadic

#BC842D #2DBC84 #842DBC

tetradic

#BC842D #2DBC3C #2D65BC #BC2DAC

square

#BC842D #2DBC3C #2D65BC #BC2DAC

split-complementary

#BC842D #2DACBC #3C2DBC

monochromatic

#593F15 #8B6121 #BC842D #D5A151 #E1BC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BC842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BC842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC842D

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC842D	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)

#988720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.121 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76c',
    500: '#bc842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc842d;
$custom-light: #d5a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.503,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65442,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.27383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC842D

secondary

#7B9ACA

accent

#82E443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC842D

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

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