#BC844A#BC844A

#BC844A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC844A
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 74)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 15.40, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 42.34, 68.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.0424 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.102 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2282, 27.6907, 10.2300)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC844A #4A82BC

analogous

#BC4B4A #BC844A #BBBC4A

triadic

#BC844A #4ABC84 #844ABC

tetradic

#BC844A #4ABC4B #4A82BC #BC4ABB

square

#BC844A #4ABC4B #4A82BC #BC4ABB

split-complementary

#BC844A #4ABBBC #4B4ABC

monochromatic

#664626 #936536 #BC844A #CDA277 #DDC1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC844A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BC844A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC844A

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC844A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC844A	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc844a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a77e',
    500: '#bc844a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc844a;
$custom-light: #d4a77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc844a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.526,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65749,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC844A

secondary

#98B0CA

accent

#93D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC844A

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

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