#BC6138#BC6138

#BC6138 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.129 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6138
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(19, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 33.36, 39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 51.53, 49.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.0936 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.129 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7298, 19.5293, 6.1552)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6138 #3893BC

analogous

#BC3851 #BC6138 #BCA338

triadic

#BC6138 #38BC61 #6138BC

tetradic

#BC6138 #51BC38 #3893BC #A338BC

square

#BC6138 #51BC38 #3893BC #A338BC

split-complementary

#BC6138 #38BCA3 #3851BC

monochromatic

#5E301C #8D492A #BC6138 #D08461 #DEA890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BC6138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BC6138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6138

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6138	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.129 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68f70',
    500: '#bc6138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6138;
$custom-light: #d68f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59267,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6138

secondary

#87B4C9

accent

#B0DD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6138

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

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