#BC842F#BC842F

#BC842F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.120 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC842F
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 47)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 13.79, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 53.84, 75.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0338 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.12 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5055, 27.4016, 6.4239)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC842F #2F67BC

analogous

#BC3D2F #BC842F #ADBC2F

triadic

#BC842F #2FBC84 #842FBC

tetradic

#BC842F #2FBC3D #2F67BC #BC2FAD

square

#BC842F #2FBC3D #2F67BC #BC2FAD

split-complementary

#BC842F #2FADBC #3D2FBC

monochromatic

#5A3F17 #8B6223 #BC842F #D4A154 #E0BC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BC842F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BC842F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC842F

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC842F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC842F	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)

#988723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc842f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.120 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a76d',
    500: '#bc842f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc842f;
$custom-light: #d5a76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc842f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.17,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65458,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC842F

secondary

#7D9BCA

accent

#84E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC842F

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

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