#BC6238#BC6238

#BC6238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.129 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6238
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(19, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 32.83, 39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 51.37, 50.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.092 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.129 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8228, 19.7152, 6.1862)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6238 #3892BC

analogous

#BC3850 #BC6238 #BCA438

triadic

#BC6238 #38BC62 #6238BC

tetradic

#BC6238 #50BC38 #3892BC #A438BC

square

#BC6238 #50BC38 #3892BC #A438BC

split-complementary

#BC6238 #38BCA4 #3850BC

monochromatic

#5E311C #8D492A #BC6238 #D08461 #DEA990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BC6238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BC6238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6238

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6238	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)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.129 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69070',
    500: '#bc6238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6238;
$custom-light: #d69070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5943,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6238

secondary

#87B4C9

accent

#AFDD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6238

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

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