#BC603D#BC603D

#BC603D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.128 H 41.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC603D
RGB	rgb(188, 96, 61)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 34.17, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 49.94, 46.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.0969 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.128 41)
XYZ	xyz(25.7665, 19.3970, 6.8011)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC603D #3D99BC

analogous

#BC3D5A #BC603D #BCA03D

triadic

#BC603D #3DBC60 #603DBC

tetradic

#BC603D #5ABC3D #3D99BC #A03DBC

square

#BC603D #5ABC3D #3D99BC #A03DBC

split-complementary

#BC603D #3DBCA0 #3D5ABC

monochromatic

#60311F #8E482E #BC603D #CE8468 #DDAA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BC603D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BC603D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC603D

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC603D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC603D	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc603d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 96, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.128 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68f73',
    500: '#bc603d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc603d;
$custom-light: #d68f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc603d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.535,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5917,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.19394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC603D

secondary

#8CB8C9

accent

#B4DA4D

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC603D

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

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