#BC6140#BC6140

#BC6140 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.126 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6140
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 33.82, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 48.72, 46.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.0964 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.126 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9414, 19.6139, 7.2692)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6140 #409BBC

analogous

#BC405D #BC6140 #BC9F40

triadic

#BC6140 #40BC61 #6140BC

tetradic

#BC6140 #5DBC40 #409BBC #9F40BC

square

#BC6140 #5DBC40 #409BBC #9F40BC

split-complementary

#BC6140 #40BC9F #405DBC

monochromatic

#613221 #8E4930 #BC6140 #CD866C #DDAC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BC6140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BC6140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6140

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6140	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.126 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68f76',
    500: '#bc6140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6140;
$custom-light: #d68f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.968,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59373,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6140

secondary

#8FB9C9

accent

#B4D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6140

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

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