#BC6235#BC6235

#BC6235 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.130 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6235
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 32.67, 41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 52.46, 51.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.091 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.13 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7516, 19.6868, 5.8113)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6235 #358FBC

analogous

#BC354B #BC6235 #BCA635

triadic

#BC6235 #35BC62 #6235BC

tetradic

#BC6235 #4BBC35 #358FBC #A635BC

square

#BC6235 #4BBC35 #358FBC #A635BC

split-complementary

#BC6235 #35BCA6 #354BBC

monochromatic

#5D301A #8C4928 #BC6235 #D1845D #DFA88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BC6235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BC6235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6235

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6235	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	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)

#7B6E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.130 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6906e',
    500: '#bc6235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6235;
$custom-light: #d6906e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59395,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6235

secondary

#84B2C9

accent

#ADDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6235

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

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