#BC6440#BC6440

#BC6440 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.124 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6440
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 32.23, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 48.19, 48.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.0915 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.124 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2238, 20.1788, 7.3634)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6440 #4098BC

analogous

#BC405A #BC6440 #BCA240

triadic

#BC6440 #40BC64 #6440BC

tetradic

#BC6440 #5ABC40 #4098BC #A240BC

square

#BC6440 #5ABC40 #4098BC #A240BC

split-complementary

#BC6440 #40BCA2 #405ABC

monochromatic

#613321 #8E4C30 #BC6440 #CD886C #DDAD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BC6440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BC6440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6440

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6440	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C703C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD535C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.124 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69176',
    500: '#bc6440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6440;
$custom-light: #d69176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.419,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59863,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6440

secondary

#8FB8C9

accent

#B1D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6440

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

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