#BC6142#BC6142

#BC6142 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.126 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6142
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 33.95, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 48.04, 45.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.0971 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.126 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9993, 19.6371, 7.5744)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6142 #429DBC

analogous

#BC4260 #BC6142 #BC9E42

triadic

#BC6142 #42BC61 #6142BC

tetradic

#BC6142 #60BC42 #429DBC #9E42BC

square

#BC6142 #60BC42 #429DBC #9E42BC

split-complementary

#BC6142 #42BC9E #4260BC

monochromatic

#613222 #8F4A32 #BC6142 #CC876F #DCAC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BC6142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BC6142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6142

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6142	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD505A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.126 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68f77',
    500: '#bc6142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6142;
$custom-light: #d68f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.246,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59401,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6142

secondary

#91BAC9

accent

#B5D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6142

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

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