#BC6237#BC6237

#BC6237 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.129 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6237
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(19, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(19, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 32.77, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 51.74, 50.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.0916 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.129 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7986, 19.7056, 6.0586)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6237 #3791BC

analogous

#BC374F #BC6237 #BCA437

triadic

#BC6237 #37BC62 #6237BC

tetradic

#BC6237 #4FBC37 #3791BC #A437BC

square

#BC6237 #4FBC37 #3791BC #A437BC

split-complementary

#BC6237 #37BCA4 #374FBC

monochromatic

#5D311B #8D4929 #BC6237 #D08460 #DEA98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BC6237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BC6237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6237

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6237	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)

#7B6E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.129 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69070',
    500: '#bc6237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6237;
$custom-light: #d69070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.398,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59418,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6237

secondary

#86B3C9

accent

#AEDE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6237

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

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