#BC6236#BC6236

#BC6236 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.129 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6236
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, 32.72, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 52.10, 51.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0913 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.129 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7749, 19.6961, 5.9337)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6236 #3690BC

analogous

#BC364D #BC6236 #BCA536

triadic

#BC6236 #36BC62 #6236BC

tetradic

#BC6236 #4DBC36 #3690BC #A536BC

square

#BC6236 #4DBC36 #3690BC #A536BC

split-complementary

#BC6236 #36BCA5 #364DBC

monochromatic

#5D301B #8C4928 #BC6236 #D1845E #DFA88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BC6236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BC6236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6236

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6236	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)

#7B6E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.129 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6906f',
    500: '#bc6236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6236;
$custom-light: #d6906f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.701,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59406,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6236

secondary

#85B3C9

accent

#AEDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6236

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

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