#BC842E#BC842E

#BC842E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.120 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC842E
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 13.75, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 54.23, 75.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.0336 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.12 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4856, 27.3936, 6.3188)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC842E #2E66BC

analogous

#BC3D2E #BC842E #ADBC2E

triadic

#BC842E #2EBC84 #842EBC

tetradic

#BC842E #2EBC3D #2E66BC #BC2EAD

square

#BC842E #2EBC3D #2E66BC #BC2EAD

split-complementary

#BC842E #2EADBC #3D2EBC

monochromatic

#5A3F16 #8B6122 #BC842E #D5A152 #E1BC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BC842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BC842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC842E

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC842E	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)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.120 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76c',
    500: '#bc842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc842e;
$custom-light: #d5a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.338,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6545,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC842E

secondary

#7C9BCA

accent

#83E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC842E

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

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