#BC862D#BC862D

#BC862D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.121 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC862D
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 45)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 12.60, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 54.82, 76.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0301 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.121 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7399, 27.9335, 6.3075)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC862D #2D63BC

analogous

#BC3F2D #BC862D #AABC2D

triadic

#BC862D #2DBC86 #862DBC

tetradic

#BC862D #2DBC3F #2D63BC #BC2DAA

square

#BC862D #2DBC3F #2D63BC #BC2DAA

split-complementary

#BC862D #2DAABC #3F2DBC

monochromatic

#594015 #8B6321 #BC862D #D5A351 #E1BD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC862D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BC862D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC862D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC862D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC862D	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc862d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.121 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a96c',
    500: '#bc862d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc862d;
$custom-light: #d5a96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc862d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.343,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65832,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC862D

secondary

#7B99CA

accent

#80E443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC862D

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

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