#BC873D#BC873D

#BC873D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.111 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC873D
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 61)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, 12.87, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 48.36, 74.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.033 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.111 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2473, 28.3586, 8.2947)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC873D #3D72BC

analogous

#BC483D #BC873D #B2BC3D

triadic

#BC873D #3DBC87 #873DBC

tetradic

#BC873D #3DBC48 #3D72BC #BC3DB2

square

#BC873D #3DBC48 #3D72BC #BC3DB2

split-complementary

#BC873D #3DB2BC #483DBC

monochromatic

#60451F #8E662E #BC873D #CEA468 #DDC096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC873D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BC873D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC873D

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC873D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC873D	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)

#9A8A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc873d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.111 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a976',
    500: '#bc873d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc873d;
$custom-light: #d4a976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc873d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.961,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66173,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC873D

secondary

#8CA5C9

accent

#88DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC873D

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

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