#BC873E#BC873E

#BC873E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.110 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC873E
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 62)
HSL	hsl(35, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 12.93, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 47.92, 74.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0333 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.11 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2745, 28.3695, 8.4379)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC873E #3E73BC

analogous

#BC483E #BC873E #B2BC3E

triadic

#BC873E #3EBC87 #873EBC

tetradic

#BC873E #3EBC48 #3E73BC #BC3EB2

square

#BC873E #3EBC48 #3E73BC #BC3EB2

split-complementary

#BC873E #3EB2BC #483EBC

monochromatic

#604520 #8E662F #BC873E #CEA46A #DDC098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC873E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BC873E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC873E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC873E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC873E	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)

#9A8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc873e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.110 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a976',
    500: '#bc873e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc873e;
$custom-light: #d4a976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc873e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.762,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66184,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC873E

secondary

#8DA6C9

accent

#89DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC873E

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

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