#BC6438#BC6438

#BC6438 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.127 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6438
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 31.77, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 51.08, 51.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.0887 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.127 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0123, 20.0942, 6.2493)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6438 #3890BC

analogous

#BC384E #BC6438 #BCA638

triadic

#BC6438 #38BC64 #6438BC

tetradic

#BC6438 #4EBC38 #3890BC #A638BC

square

#BC6438 #4EBC38 #3890BC #A638BC

split-complementary

#BC6438 #38BCA6 #384EBC

monochromatic

#5E321C #8D4B2A #BC6438 #D08661 #DEAA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC6438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BC6438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6438

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6438	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE525A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.127 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69170',
    500: '#bc6438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6438;
$custom-light: #d69170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59759,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6438

secondary

#87B3C9

accent

#ACDD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6438

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

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