#BC873C#BC873C

#BC873C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.112 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC873C
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 60)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 12.81, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 48.79, 74.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0327 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.112 73)
XYZ	xyz(30.2206, 28.3480, 8.1541)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC873C #3C71BC

analogous

#BC473C #BC873C #B1BC3C

triadic

#BC873C #3CBC87 #873CBC

tetradic

#BC873C #3CBC47 #3C71BC #BC3CB1

square

#BC873C #3CBC47 #3C71BC #BC3CB1

split-complementary

#BC873C #3CB1BC #473CBC

monochromatic

#5F441E #8E662D #BC873C #CEA467 #DDBF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC873C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BC873C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC873C

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC873C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC873C	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)

#9A8A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc873c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.112 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a975',
    500: '#bc873c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc873c;
$custom-light: #d4a975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc873c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.156,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66163,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.28346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC873C

secondary

#8BA5C9

accent

#88DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC873C

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

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