#BC6233#BC6233

#BC6233 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.131 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6233
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 51)
HSL	hsl(21, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 32.57, 42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 53.19, 52.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.0903 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.131 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7066, 19.6687, 5.5740)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6233 #338DBC

analogous

#BC3349 #BC6233 #BCA733

triadic

#BC6233 #33BC62 #6233BC

tetradic

#BC6233 #49BC33 #338DBC #A733BC

square

#BC6233 #49BC33 #338DBC #A733BC

split-complementary

#BC6233 #33BCA7 #3349BC

monochromatic

#5C3019 #8C4926 #BC6233 #D2835A #DFA78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BC6233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BC6233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6233

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6233	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)

#7B6E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.131 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6906d',
    500: '#bc6233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6233;
$custom-light: #d6906d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.584,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59372,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6233

secondary

#81B1C9

accent

#ACE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6233

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

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