#BC852B#BC852B

#BC852B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.122 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC852B
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 13.07, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 55.47, 76.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0312 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.122 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5647, 27.6433, 6.0636)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC852B #2B62BC

analogous

#BC3C2B #BC852B #ABBC2B

triadic

#BC852B #2BBC85 #852BBC

tetradic

#BC852B #2BBC3C #2B62BC #BC2BAB

square

#BC852B #2BBC3C #2B62BC #BC2BAB

split-complementary

#BC852B #2BABBC #3C2BBC

monochromatic

#583F14 #8A6220 #BC852B #D6A34E #E2BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC852B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC852B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC852B

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC852B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC852B	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)

#99881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc852b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.122 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a86b',
    500: '#bc852b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc852b;
$custom-light: #d5a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc852b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65622,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC852B

secondary

#7897CB

accent

#80E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC852B

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

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