#BC844E#BC844E

#BC844E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.099 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC844E
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 78)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 15.70, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 40.57, 67.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0438 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.099 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3673, 27.7463, 10.9624)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC844E #4E86BC

analogous

#BC4E4F #BC844E #BCBB4E

triadic

#BC844E #4EBC84 #844EBC

tetradic

#BC844E #4FBC4E #4E86BC #BB4EBC

square

#BC844E #4FBC4E #4E86BC #BB4EBC

split-complementary

#BC844E #4EBCBB #4E4FBC

monochromatic

#684727 #956638 #BC844E #CDA37A #DEC2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC844E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC844E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC844E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC844E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC844E	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)

#968849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc844e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.099 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a781',
    500: '#bc844e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc844e;
$custom-light: #d3a781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc844e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65804,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC844E

secondary

#9BB3CB

accent

#95D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC844E

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

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