#BC843C#BC843C

#BC843C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.112 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC843C
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 60)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 14.47, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 48.48, 72.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.0376 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.112 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8079, 27.5226, 8.0166)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC843C #3C74BC

analogous

#BC443C #BC843C #B4BC3C

triadic

#BC843C #3CBC84 #843CBC

tetradic

#BC843C #3CBC44 #3C74BC #BC3CB4

square

#BC843C #3CBC44 #3C74BC #BC3CB4

split-complementary

#BC843C #3CB4BC #443CBC

monochromatic

#5F431E #8E632D #BC843C #CEA167 #DDBE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC843C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BC843C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC843C

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC843C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC843C	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)

#978734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc843c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.112 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a775',
    500: '#bc843c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc843c;
$custom-light: #d4a775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc843c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6558,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC843C

secondary

#8BA6C9

accent

#8BDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC843C

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

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