#BC843D#BC843D

#BC843D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.111 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC843D
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 61)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 14.53, 45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 48.05, 72.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.0379 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.111 70)
XYZ	xyz(29.8346, 27.5333, 8.1571)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC843D #3D75BC

analogous

#BC453D #BC843D #B5BC3D

triadic

#BC843D #3DBC84 #843DBC

tetradic

#BC843D #3DBC45 #3D75BC #BC3DB5

square

#BC843D #3DBC45 #3D75BC #BC3DB5

split-complementary

#BC843D #3DB5BC #453DBC

monochromatic

#60431F #8E642E #BC843D #CEA168 #DDBE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC843D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BC843D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC843D

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC843D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC843D	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc843d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.111 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a775',
    500: '#bc843d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc843d;
$custom-light: #d4a775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc843d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.543,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65591,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.27531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC843D

secondary

#8CA7C9

accent

#8CDA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC843D

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

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