#BC853B#BC853B

#BC853B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.112 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC853B
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 59)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 13.86, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 49.00, 73.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0356 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.112 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9180, 27.7846, 7.9241)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC853B #3B72BC

analogous

#BC453B #BC853B #B2BC3B

triadic

#BC853B #3BBC85 #853BBC

tetradic

#BC853B #3BBC45 #3B72BC #BC3BB2

square

#BC853B #3BBC45 #3B72BC #BC3BB2

split-complementary

#BC853B #3BB2BC #453BBC

monochromatic

#5F431E #8D642C #BC853B #CFA265 #DDBE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC853B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BC853B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC853B

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC853B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC853B	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc853b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.112 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a874',
    500: '#bc853b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc853b;
$custom-light: #d4a874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc853b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.419,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65763,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC853B

secondary

#8AA5C9

accent

#89DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC853B

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

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