#BC873B#BC873B

#BC873B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.112 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC873B
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 12.75, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 49.22, 74.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% 0.0324 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.112 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1944, 28.3375, 8.0162)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC873B #3B70BC

analogous

#BC463B #BC873B #B0BC3B

triadic

#BC873B #3BBC87 #873BBC

tetradic

#BC873B #3BBC46 #3B70BC #BC3BB0

square

#BC873B #3BBC46 #3B70BC #BC3BB0

split-complementary

#BC873B #3BB0BC #463BBC

monochromatic

#5F441E #8D662C #BC873B #CFA365 #DDBF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BC873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC873B

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC873B	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.112 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a974',
    500: '#bc873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc873b;
$custom-light: #d4a974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.349,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66152,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC873B

secondary

#8AA4C9

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC873B

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

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