#BC873F#BC873F

#BC873F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.110 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC873F
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 63)
HSL	hsl(35, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 12.99, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 47.49, 74.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0337 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.11 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3022, 28.3806, 8.5837)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC873F #3F74BC

analogous

#BC493F #BC873F #B3BC3F

triadic

#BC873F #3FBC87 #873FBC

tetradic

#BC873F #3FBC49 #3F74BC #BC3FB3

square

#BC873F #3FBC49 #3F74BC #BC3FB3

split-complementary

#BC873F #3FB3BC #493FBC

monochromatic

#604520 #8E6630 #BC873F #CDA46B #DDC099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC873F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BC873F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC873F

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC873F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC873F	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc873f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.110 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a977',
    500: '#bc873f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc873f;
$custom-light: #d4a977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc873f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.56,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66195,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC873F

secondary

#8EA7C9

accent

#89D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC873F

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

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