#BC852C#BC852C

#BC852C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.122 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC852C
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 13.11, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 55.09, 76.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0314 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.122 75)
XYZ	xyz(29.5833, 27.6508, 6.1614)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC852C #2C63BC

analogous

#BC3D2C #BC852C #ABBC2C

triadic

#BC852C #2CBC85 #852CBC

tetradic

#BC852C #2CBC3D #2C63BC #BC2CAB

square

#BC852C #2CBC3D #2C63BC #BC2CAB

split-complementary

#BC852C #2CABBC #3D2CBC

monochromatic

#593F15 #8A6220 #BC852C #D6A24F #E1BD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC852C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC852C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC852C

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC852C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC852C	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)

#99881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc852c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.122 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a86b',
    500: '#bc852c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc852c;
$custom-light: #d5a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc852c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.083,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65629,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.27648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC852C

secondary

#7998CA

accent

#81E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC852C

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

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