#BC6040#BC6040

#BC6040 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.127 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6040
RGB	rgb(188, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 34.35, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 48.91, 45.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.098 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.127 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8496, 19.4303, 7.2386)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6040 #409CBC

analogous

#BC405E #BC6040 #BC9E40

triadic

#BC6040 #40BC60 #6040BC

tetradic

#BC6040 #5EBC40 #409CBC #9E40BC

square

#BC6040 #5EBC40 #409CBC #9E40BC

split-complementary

#BC6040 #40BC9E #405EBC

monochromatic

#613121 #8E4930 #BC6040 #CD856C #DDAB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BC6040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BC6040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6040

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6040	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.127 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68f76',
    500: '#bc6040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6040;
$custom-light: #d68f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.484,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59211,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6040

secondary

#8FBAC9

accent

#B5D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6040

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

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