#BC6038#BC6038

#BC6038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.130 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6038
RGB	rgb(188, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 33.88, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 51.69, 49.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.0952 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.13 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6380, 19.3456, 6.1246)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6038 #3894BC

analogous

#BC3852 #BC6038 #BCA238

triadic

#BC6038 #38BC60 #6038BC

tetradic

#BC6038 #52BC38 #3894BC #A238BC

square

#BC6038 #52BC38 #3894BC #A238BC

split-complementary

#BC6038 #38BCA2 #3852BC

monochromatic

#5E301C #8D482A #BC6038 #D08361 #DEA890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BC6038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BC6038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6038

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6038	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.130 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68f70',
    500: '#bc6038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6038;
$custom-light: #d68f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59105,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6038

secondary

#87B5C9

accent

#B1DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6038

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

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