#BC852F#BC852F

#BC852F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.120 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC852F
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 47)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 13.24, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 53.94, 75.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0322 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.12 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6418, 27.6741, 6.4693)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC852F #2F66BC

analogous

#BC3F2F #BC852F #ACBC2F

triadic

#BC852F #2FBC85 #852FBC

tetradic

#BC852F #2FBC3F #2F66BC #BC2FAC

square

#BC852F #2FBC3F #2F66BC #BC2FAC

split-complementary

#BC852F #2FACBC #3F2FBC

monochromatic

#5A4017 #8B6223 #BC852F #D4A254 #E0BD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC852F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC852F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC852F

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC852F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC852F	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)

#998823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc852f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.120 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a86d',
    500: '#bc852f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc852f;
$custom-light: #d5a86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc852f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.596,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65652,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC852F

secondary

#7D9BCA

accent

#82E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC852F

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

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