#BC881D#BC881D

#BC881D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.129 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC881D
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 29)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 84.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 10.93, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 60.47, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.0235 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.129 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7671, 28.3909, 5.0744)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC881D #1D51BC

analogous

#BC381D #BC881D #A1BC1D

triadic

#BC881D #1DBC88 #881DBC

tetradic

#BC881D #1DBC38 #1D51BC #BC1DA1

square

#BC881D #1DBC38 #1D51BC #BC1DA1

split-complementary

#BC881D #1DA1BC #381DBC

monochromatic

#523B0D #876215 #BC881D #E0A836 #E8BF6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC881D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BC881D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC881D

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC881D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC881D	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	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)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc881d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.129 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa64',
    500: '#bc881d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc881d;
$custom-light: #d6aa64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc881d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.377,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66125,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC881D

secondary

#6789CE

accent

#74F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC881D

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

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