#BC862F#BC862F

#BC862F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC862F
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 47)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 12.69, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 54.05, 76.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0306 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.12 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7793, 27.9493, 6.5151)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC862F #2F65BC

analogous

#BC3F2F #BC862F #ABBC2F

triadic

#BC862F #2FBC86 #862FBC

tetradic

#BC862F #2FBC3F #2F65BC #BC2FAB

square

#BC862F #2FBC3F #2F65BC #BC2FAB

split-complementary

#BC862F #2FABBC #3F2FBC

monochromatic

#5A4017 #8B6323 #BC862F #D4A354 #E0BD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BC862F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BC862F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC862F

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC862F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC862F	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)

#9A8823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc862f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a96d',
    500: '#bc862f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc862f;
$custom-light: #d5a96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc862f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65847,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC862F

secondary

#7D9ACA

accent

#81E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC862F

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

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