#BC873A#BC873A

#BC873A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.113 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC873A
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 58)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 12.69, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 49.65, 75.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0321 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.113 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1687, 28.3272, 7.8809)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC873A #3A6FBC

analogous

#BC463A #BC873A #B0BC3A

triadic

#BC873A #3ABC87 #873ABC

tetradic

#BC873A #3ABC46 #3A6FBC #BC3AB0

square

#BC873A #3ABC46 #3A6FBC #BC3AB0

split-complementary

#BC873A #3AB0BC #463ABC

monochromatic

#5E441D #8D652C #BC873A #CFA364 #DEBF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC873A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BC873A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC873A

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC873A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC873A	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc873a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.113 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a974',
    500: '#bc873a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc873a;
$custom-light: #d4a974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc873a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.538,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66142,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC873A

secondary

#89A3C9

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC873A

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

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