#BC853D#BC853D

#BC853D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.111 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC853D
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 13.97, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 48.14, 73.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0363 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.111 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9709, 27.8058, 8.2025)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC853D #3D74BC

analogous

#BC463D #BC853D #B4BC3D

triadic

#BC853D #3DBC85 #853DBC

tetradic

#BC853D #3DBC46 #3D74BC #BC3DB4

square

#BC853D #3DBC46 #3D74BC #BC3DB4

split-complementary

#BC853D #3DB4BC #463DBC

monochromatic

#60441F #8E642E #BC853D #CEA268 #DDBE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BC853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC853D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC853D	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)

#988835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.111 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a876',
    500: '#bc853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc853d;
$custom-light: #d4a876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.016,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65784,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC853D

secondary

#8CA6C9

accent

#8ADA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC853D

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

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