#BC861D#BC861D

#BC861D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.129 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC861D
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 29)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 84.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 12.03, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 60.26, 78.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.0267 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.129 78)
XYZ	xyz(29.4881, 27.8328, 4.9814)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC861D #1D53BC

analogous

#BC371D #BC861D #A2BC1D

triadic

#BC861D #1DBC86 #861DBC

tetradic

#BC861D #1DBC37 #1D53BC #BC1DA2

square

#BC861D #1DBC37 #1D53BC #BC1DA2

split-complementary

#BC861D #1DA2BC #371DBC

monochromatic

#523A0D #876015 #BC861D #E0A636 #E8BE6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BC861D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BC861D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC861D

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC861D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC861D	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc861d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.129 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a964',
    500: '#bc861d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc861d;
$custom-light: #d6a964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc861d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.623,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65731,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.2783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC861D

secondary

#678ACE

accent

#76F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC861D

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

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