#BC6342#BC6342

#BC6342 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.124 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6342
RGB	rgb(188, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, 32.89, 34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 47.67, 46.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.0939 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.124 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1864, 20.0113, 7.6367)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6342 #429BBC

analogous

#BC425E #BC6342 #BCA042

triadic

#BC6342 #42BC63 #6342BC

tetradic

#BC6342 #5EBC42 #429BBC #A042BC

square

#BC6342 #5EBC42 #429BBC #A042BC

split-complementary

#BC6342 #42BCA0 #425EBC

monochromatic

#613322 #8F4B32 #BC6342 #CC886F #DCAD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BC6342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BC6342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6342

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6342	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD525B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.124 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59177',
    500: '#bc6342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6342;
$custom-light: #d59177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.23,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59727,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6342

secondary

#91BAC9

accent

#B3D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6342

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

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