#BC853E#BC853E

#BC853E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.110 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC853E
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 62)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 14.03, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 47.71, 72.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0366 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.11 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9980, 27.8166, 8.3457)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC853E #3E75BC

analogous

#BC463E #BC853E #B4BC3E

triadic

#BC853E #3EBC85 #853EBC

tetradic

#BC853E #3EBC46 #3E75BC #BC3EB4

square

#BC853E #3EBC46 #3E75BC #BC3EB4

split-complementary

#BC853E #3EB4BC #463EBC

monochromatic

#604420 #8E642F #BC853E #CEA26A #DDBF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC853E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BC853E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC853E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC853E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC853E	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)

#988836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc853e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.110 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a876',
    500: '#bc853e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc853e;
$custom-light: #d4a876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc853e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.81,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65795,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC853E

secondary

#8DA7C9

accent

#8BDA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC853E

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

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