#BC893B#BC893B

#BC893B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.113 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC893B
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 11.65, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 49.47, 76.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0292 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.113 75)
XYZ	xyz(30.4761, 28.9008, 8.1101)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC893B #3B6EBC

analogous

#BC483B #BC893B #AEBC3B

triadic

#BC893B #3BBC89 #893BBC

tetradic

#BC893B #3BBC48 #3B6EBC #BC3BAE

square

#BC893B #3BBC48 #3B6EBC #BC3BAE

split-complementary

#BC893B #3BAEBC #483BBC

monochromatic

#5F451E #8D672C #BC893B #CFA565 #DDC094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BC893B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BC893B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC893B

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC893B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC893B	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc893b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.113 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab75',
    500: '#bc893b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc893b;
$custom-light: #d4ab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc893b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.279,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66544,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.28898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC893B

secondary

#8AA3C9

accent

#85DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC893B

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

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