#BC6240#BC6240

#BC6240 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.125 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6240
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 33.29, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 48.54, 46.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.0948 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.125 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0344, 19.7999, 7.3002)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6240 #409ABC

analogous

#BC405C #BC6240 #BCA040

triadic

#BC6240 #40BC62 #6240BC

tetradic

#BC6240 #5CBC40 #409ABC #A040BC

square

#BC6240 #5CBC40 #409ABC #A040BC

split-complementary

#BC6240 #40BCA0 #405CBC

monochromatic

#613221 #8E4A30 #BC6240 #CD876C #DDAC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BC6240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BC6240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6240

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6240	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.125 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69076',
    500: '#bc6240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6240;
$custom-light: #d69076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.452,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59535,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6240

secondary

#8FB9C9

accent

#B3D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6240

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

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