#BC862E#BC862E

#BC862E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.121 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC862E
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 12.64, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 54.44, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0303 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.121 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7594, 27.9413, 6.4101)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC862E #2E64BC

analogous

#BC3F2E #BC862E #ABBC2E

triadic

#BC862E #2EBC86 #862EBC

tetradic

#BC862E #2EBC3F #2E64BC #BC2EAB

square

#BC862E #2EBC3F #2E64BC #BC2EAB

split-complementary

#BC862E #2EABBC #3F2EBC

monochromatic

#5A4016 #8B6322 #BC862E #D5A352 #E1BD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC862E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BC862E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC862E

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC862E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC862E	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)

#9A8821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc862e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.121 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a96d',
    500: '#bc862e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc862e;
$custom-light: #d5a96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc862e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.183,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6584,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC862E

secondary

#7C9ACA

accent

#81E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC862E

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

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