#BC6234#BC6234

#BC6234 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.130 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6234
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 52)
HSL	hsl(20, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 32.62, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 52.82, 51.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.0907 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.13 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7289, 19.6777, 5.6914)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6234 #348EBC

analogous

#BC344A #BC6234 #BCA634

triadic

#BC6234 #34BC62 #6234BC

tetradic

#BC6234 #4ABC34 #348EBC #A634BC

square

#BC6234 #4ABC34 #348EBC #A634BC

split-complementary

#BC6234 #34BCA6 #344ABC

monochromatic

#5C3019 #8C4927 #BC6234 #D2835B #DFA88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BC6234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BC6234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6234

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6234	1.00	4.26	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.130 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6906e',
    500: '#bc6234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6234;
$custom-light: #d6906e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.294,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59384,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6234

secondary

#83B1C9

accent

#ADE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6234

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

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