#BC6242#BC6242

#BC6242 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.125 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6242
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 33.42, 34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 47.85, 45.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.0955 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.125 40)
XYZ	xyz(26.0923, 19.8230, 7.6054)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6242 #429CBC

analogous

#BC425F #BC6242 #BC9F42

triadic

#BC6242 #42BC62 #6242BC

tetradic

#BC6242 #5FBC42 #429CBC #9F42BC

square

#BC6242 #5FBC42 #429CBC #9F42BC

split-complementary

#BC6242 #42BC9F #425FBC

monochromatic

#613322 #8F4A32 #BC6242 #CC876F #DCAD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BC6242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BC6242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6242

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6242	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)

#7A6F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.125 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59077',
    500: '#bc6242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6242;
$custom-light: #d59077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.738,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59564,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.1982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6242

secondary

#91BAC9

accent

#B4D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6242

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

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