#BC853A#BC853A

#BC853A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.113 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC853A
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 58)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 13.80, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 49.43, 73.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.0353 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.113 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8923, 27.7744, 7.7888)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC853A #3A71BC

analogous

#BC443A #BC853A #B2BC3A

triadic

#BC853A #3ABC85 #853ABC

tetradic

#BC853A #3ABC44 #3A71BC #BC3AB2

square

#BC853A #3ABC44 #3A71BC #BC3AB2

split-complementary

#BC853A #3AB2BC #443ABC

monochromatic

#5E431D #8D642C #BC853A #CFA264 #DEBE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC853A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC853A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC853A

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC853A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC853A	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc853a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.113 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a874',
    500: '#bc853a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc853a;
$custom-light: #d4a874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc853a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65753,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC853A

secondary

#89A4C9

accent

#89DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC853A

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

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