#BC603B#BC603B

#BC603B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.129 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC603B
RGB	rgb(188, 96, 59)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 34.05, 37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 50.63, 47.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.0962 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.129 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7136, 19.3759, 6.5226)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC603B #3B97BC

analogous

#BC3B56 #BC603B #BCA03B

triadic

#BC603B #3BBC60 #603BBC

tetradic

#BC603B #56BC3B #3B97BC #A03BBC

square

#BC603B #56BC3B #3B97BC #A03BBC

split-complementary

#BC603B #3BBCA0 #3B56BC

monochromatic

#5F301E #8D482C #BC603B #CF8465 #DDA994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BC603B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BC603B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC603B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC603B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC603B	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)

#796D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc603b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 96, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.129 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68f72',
    500: '#bc603b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc603b;
$custom-light: #d68f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc603b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.209,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59143,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC603B

secondary

#8AB7C9

accent

#B2DC4C

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC603B

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

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