#BC852A#BC852A

#BC852A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.123 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC852A
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 13.03, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 55.84, 76.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.031 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.123 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5466, 27.6361, 5.9682)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC852A #2A61BC

analogous

#BC3C2A #BC852A #AABC2A

triadic

#BC852A #2ABC85 #852ABC

tetradic

#BC852A #2ABC3C #2A61BC #BC2AAA

square

#BC852A #2ABC3C #2A61BC #BC2AAA

split-complementary

#BC852A #2AAABC #3C2ABC

monochromatic

#583E14 #8A621F #BC852A #D7A34C #E2BD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC852A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC852A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC852A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC852A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC852A	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc852a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.123 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a86a',
    500: '#bc852a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc852a;
$custom-light: #d5a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc852a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.397,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65614,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC852A

secondary

#7797CB

accent

#80E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC852A

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

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