#BC6436#BC6436

#BC6436 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.128 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6436
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 31.66, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 51.81, 52.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.0881 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.128 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9644, 20.0750, 5.9969)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6436 #368EBC

analogous

#BC364B #BC6436 #BCA736

triadic

#BC6436 #36BC64 #6436BC

tetradic

#BC6436 #4BBC36 #368EBC #A736BC

square

#BC6436 #4BBC36 #368EBC #A736BC

split-complementary

#BC6436 #36BCA7 #364BBC

monochromatic

#5D311B #8C4B28 #BC6436 #D1865E #DFAA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BC6436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#BC6436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6436

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6436	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE525A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.128 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6916f',
    500: '#bc6436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6436;
$custom-light: #d6916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.597,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59736,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6436

secondary

#85B2C9

accent

#ABDF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6436

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

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