#BC843E#BC843E

#BC843E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.110 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC843E
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 62)
HSL	hsl(33, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 14.59, 45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 47.62, 72.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0382 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.11 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8618, 27.5441, 8.3003)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC843E #3E76BC

analogous

#BC453E #BC843E #B5BC3E

triadic

#BC843E #3EBC84 #843EBC

tetradic

#BC843E #3EBC45 #3E76BC #BC3EB5

square

#BC843E #3EBC45 #3E76BC #BC3EB5

split-complementary

#BC843E #3EB5BC #453EBC

monochromatic

#604320 #8E642F #BC843E #CEA16A #DDBE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC843E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BC843E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC843E

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC843E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC843E	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)

#978737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc843e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.110 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a776',
    500: '#bc843e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc843e;
$custom-light: #d4a776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc843e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65602,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC843E

secondary

#8DA8C9

accent

#8CDA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC843E

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

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