#BC852D#BC852D

#BC852D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.121 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC852D
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 45)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 13.15, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 54.71, 76.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0317 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.121 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6023, 27.6584, 6.2616)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC852D #2D64BC

analogous

#BC3D2D #BC852D #ABBC2D

triadic

#BC852D #2DBC85 #852DBC

tetradic

#BC852D #2DBC3D #2D64BC #BC2DAB

square

#BC852D #2DBC3D #2D64BC #BC2DAB

split-complementary

#BC852D #2DABBC #3D2DBC

monochromatic

#593F15 #8B6221 #BC852D #D5A251 #E1BD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC852D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC852D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC852D

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC852D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC852D	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)

#998820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc852d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.121 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a86c',
    500: '#bc852d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc852d;
$custom-light: #d5a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc852d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65637,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC852D

secondary

#7B99CA

accent

#81E443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC852D

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

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