#BC851D#BC851D

#BC851D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.129 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC851D
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 29)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 84.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 12.58, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 60.17, 77.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0283 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.129 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3505, 27.5576, 4.9355)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC851D #1D54BC

analogous

#BC351D #BC851D #A4BC1D

triadic

#BC851D #1DBC85 #851DBC

tetradic

#BC851D #1DBC35 #1D54BC #BC1DA4

square

#BC851D #1DBC35 #1D54BC #BC1DA4

split-complementary

#BC851D #1DA4BC #351DBC

monochromatic

#523A0D #875F15 #BC851D #E0A536 #E8BD6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC851D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BC851D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC851D

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC851D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC851D	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)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc851d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.129 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a864',
    500: '#bc851d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc851d;
$custom-light: #d6a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc851d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.245,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65536,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC851D

secondary

#678ACE

accent

#78F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC851D

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

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