#BC843B#BC843B

#BC843B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.112 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC843B
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 59)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 14.41, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 48.91, 72.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0373 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.112 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7817, 27.5121, 7.8787)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC843B #3B73BC

analogous

#BC433B #BC843B #B3BC3B

triadic

#BC843B #3BBC84 #843BBC

tetradic

#BC843B #3BBC43 #3B73BC #BC3BB3

square

#BC843B #3BBC43 #3B73BC #BC3BB3

split-complementary

#BC843B #3BB3BC #433BBC

monochromatic

#5F431E #8D632C #BC843B #CFA165 #DDBE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC843B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BC843B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC843B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC843B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC843B	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)

#978733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc843b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.112 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a774',
    500: '#bc843b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc843b;
$custom-light: #d4a774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc843b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.953,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65569,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC843B

secondary

#8AA5C9

accent

#8ADC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC843B

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

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