#BC853C#BC853C

#BC853C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.112 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC853C
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 60)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 13.91, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 48.58, 73.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.036 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.112 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9442, 27.7951, 8.0620)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC853C #3C73BC

analogous

#BC453C #BC853C #B3BC3C

triadic

#BC853C #3CBC85 #853CBC

tetradic

#BC853C #3CBC45 #3C73BC #BC3CB3

square

#BC853C #3CBC45 #3C73BC #BC3CB3

split-complementary

#BC853C #3CB3BC #453CBC

monochromatic

#5F431E #8E642D #BC853C #CEA267 #DDBE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC853C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BC853C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC853C

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC853C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC853C	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)

#988834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc853c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.112 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a875',
    500: '#bc853c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc853c;
$custom-light: #d4a875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc853c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.219,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65773,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC853C

secondary

#8BA6C9

accent

#8ADB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC853C

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

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