#BC844D#BC844D

#BC844D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.099 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC844D
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 77)
HSL	hsl(30, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(30, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 15.62, 37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 41.01, 67.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0435 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.099 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3317, 27.7321, 10.7751)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC844D #4D85BC

analogous

#BC4D4E #BC844D #BCBC4D

triadic

#BC844D #4DBC84 #844DBC

tetradic

#BC844D #4EBC4D #4D85BC #BC4DBC

square

#BC844D #4EBC4D #4D85BC #BC4DBC

split-complementary

#BC844D #4DBCBC #4D4EBC

monochromatic

#684727 #946538 #BC844D #CDA379 #DDC1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC844D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC844D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC844D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC844D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC844D	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc844d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.099 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a780',
    500: '#bc844d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc844d;
$custom-light: #d4a780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc844d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.73,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6579,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC844D

secondary

#9AB3CB

accent

#94D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC844D

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

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