#BC603E#BC603E

#BC603E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.128 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC603E
RGB	rgb(188, 96, 62)
HSL	hsl(16, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 34.23, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 49.59, 46.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0973 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.128 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7937, 19.4079, 6.9443)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC603E #3E9ABC

analogous

#BC3E5B #BC603E #BC9F3E

triadic

#BC603E #3EBC60 #603EBC

tetradic

#BC603E #5BBC3E #3E9ABC #9F3EBC

square

#BC603E #5BBC3E #3E9ABC #9F3EBC

split-complementary

#BC603E #3EBC9F #3E5BBC

monochromatic

#603120 #8E482F #BC603E #CE856A #DDAA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BC603E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BC603E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC603E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC603E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC603E	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)

#796D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc603e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 96, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.128 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68f74',
    500: '#bc603e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc603e;
$custom-light: #d68f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc603e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.19,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59183,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC603E

secondary

#8DB9C9

accent

#B4DA4E

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC603E

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

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