#BC862C#BC862C

#BC862C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.122 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC862C
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 44)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 12.56, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 55.20, 76.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0298 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.122 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7209, 27.9259, 6.2073)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC862C #2C62BC

analogous

#BC3E2C #BC862C #AABC2C

triadic

#BC862C #2CBC86 #862CBC

tetradic

#BC862C #2CBC3E #2C62BC #BC2CAA

square

#BC862C #2CBC3E #2C62BC #BC2CAA

split-complementary

#BC862C #2CAABC #3E2CBC

monochromatic

#593F15 #8A6320 #BC862C #D6A34F #E1BD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC862C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BC862C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC862C

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC862C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC862C	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)

#9A881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc862c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.122 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a96b',
    500: '#bc862c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc862c;
$custom-light: #d5a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc862c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65824,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC862C

secondary

#7998CA

accent

#80E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC862C

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

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