#BC6231#BC6231

#BC6231 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.132 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6231
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 32.48, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 53.92, 52.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.0897 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.132 47)
XYZ	xyz(25.6635, 19.6515, 5.3468)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6231 #318BBC

analogous

#BC3146 #BC6231 #BCA831

triadic

#BC6231 #31BC62 #6231BC

tetradic

#BC6231 #46BC31 #318BBC #A831BC

square

#BC6231 #46BC31 #318BBC #A831BC

split-complementary

#BC6231 #31BCA8 #3146BC

monochromatic

#5B2F18 #8B4924 #BC6231 #D38357 #E0A788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BC6231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BC6231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6231

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6231	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)

#7B6E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.132 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6906c',
    500: '#bc6231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6231;
$custom-light: #d6906c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.151,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59351,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.19648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6231

secondary

#7FAFCA

accent

#ABE246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6231

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

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