#BC862A#BC862A

#BC862A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.123 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC862A
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 12.47, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 55.95, 77.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0293 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.123 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6842, 27.9112, 6.0141)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC862A #2A60BC

analogous

#BC3D2A #BC862A #A9BC2A

triadic

#BC862A #2ABC86 #862ABC

tetradic

#BC862A #2ABC3D #2A60BC #BC2AA9

square

#BC862A #2ABC3D #2A60BC #BC2AA9

split-complementary

#BC862A #2AA9BC #3D2ABC

monochromatic

#583F14 #8A621F #BC862A #D7A44C #E2BD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BC862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC862A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC862A	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.123 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a96a',
    500: '#bc862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc862a;
$custom-light: #d5a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.808,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6581,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC862A

secondary

#7796CB

accent

#7EE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC862A

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

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