#BC883B#BC883B

#BC883B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.113 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC883B
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 12.20, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 49.34, 75.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0308 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.113 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3346, 28.6178, 8.0630)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC883B #3B6FBC

analogous

#BC473B #BC883B #AFBC3B

triadic

#BC883B #3BBC88 #883BBC

tetradic

#BC883B #3BBC47 #3B6FBC #BC3BAF

square

#BC883B #3BBC47 #3B6FBC #BC3BAF

split-complementary

#BC883B #3BAFBC #473BBC

monochromatic

#5F451E #8D662C #BC883B #CFA465 #DDC094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BC883B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BC883B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC883B

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC883B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC883B	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc883b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.113 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa74',
    500: '#bc883b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc883b;
$custom-light: #d4aa74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc883b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.814,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66348,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC883B

secondary

#8AA3C9

accent

#86DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC883B

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

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