#BC862B#BC862B

#BC862B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.122 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC862B
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 12.51, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 55.58, 76.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0296 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.122 76)
XYZ	xyz(29.7023, 27.9184, 6.1095)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC862B #2B61BC

analogous

#BC3D2B #BC862B #AABC2B

triadic

#BC862B #2BBC86 #862BBC

tetradic

#BC862B #2BBC3D #2B61BC #BC2BAA

square

#BC862B #2BBC3D #2B61BC #BC2BAA

split-complementary

#BC862B #2BAABC #3D2BBC

monochromatic

#583F14 #8A6220 #BC862B #D6A44E #E2BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BC862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC862B

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC862B	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)

#9A881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.122 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a96b',
    500: '#bc862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc862b;
$custom-light: #d5a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.655,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65817,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.27916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC862B

secondary

#7897CB

accent

#7FE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC862B

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

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