#BC843A#BC843A

#BC843A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.113 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC843A
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 58)
HSL	hsl(34, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 14.35, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 49.33, 73.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.037 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.113 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7560, 27.5018, 7.7434)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC843A #3A72BC

analogous

#BC433A #BC843A #B3BC3A

triadic

#BC843A #3ABC84 #843ABC

tetradic

#BC843A #3ABC43 #3A72BC #BC3AB3

square

#BC843A #3ABC43 #3A72BC #BC3AB3

split-complementary

#BC843A #3AB3BC #433ABC

monochromatic

#5E421D #8D632C #BC843A #CFA164 #DEBD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC843A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BC843A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC843A

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC843A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC843A	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc843a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.113 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a774',
    500: '#bc843a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc843a;
$custom-light: #d4a774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc843a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.154,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65559,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC843A

secondary

#89A4C9

accent

#8ADC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC843A

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

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