#BC852E#BC852E

#BC852E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC852E
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 13.19, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 54.33, 75.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0319 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.12 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6218, 27.6662, 6.3642)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC852E #2E65BC

analogous

#BC3E2E #BC852E #ACBC2E

triadic

#BC852E #2EBC85 #852EBC

tetradic

#BC852E #2EBC3E #2E65BC #BC2EAC

square

#BC852E #2EBC3E #2E65BC #BC2EAC

split-complementary

#BC852E #2EACBC #3E2EBC

monochromatic

#5A3F16 #8B6222 #BC852E #D5A252 #E1BD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC852E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC852E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC852E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC852E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC852E	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc852e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a86c',
    500: '#bc852e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc852e;
$custom-light: #d5a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc852e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.761,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65645,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC852E

secondary

#7C9ACA

accent

#82E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC852E

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

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