#BC6442#BC6442

#BC6442 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.123 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6442
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 32.36, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 47.49, 47.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.0923 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.123 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2818, 20.2020, 7.6685)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6442 #429ABC

analogous

#BC425D #BC6442 #BCA142

triadic

#BC6442 #42BC64 #6442BC

tetradic

#BC6442 #5DBC42 #429ABC #A142BC

square

#BC6442 #5DBC42 #429ABC #A142BC

split-complementary

#BC6442 #42BCA1 #425DBC

monochromatic

#613422 #8F4C32 #BC6442 #CC896F #DCAE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BC6442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BC6442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6442

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6442	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)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD535C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.123 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59177',
    500: '#bc6442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6442;
$custom-light: #d59177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.721,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59891,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6442

secondary

#91B9C9

accent

#B2D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6442

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

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