#BC6523#BC6523

#BC6523 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.135 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6523
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 35)
HSL	hsl(26, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(26, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 30.32, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 58.52, 58.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.0811 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.135 53)
XYZ	xyz(25.6985, 20.1231, 4.1206)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6523 #237ABC

analogous

#BC232E #BC6523 #BCB123

triadic

#BC6523 #23BC65 #6523BC

tetradic

#BC6523 #2EBC23 #237ABC #B123BC

square

#BC6523 #2EBC23 #237ABC #B123BC

split-complementary

#BC6523 #23BCB1 #232EBC

monochromatic

#552E10 #884919 #BC6523 #DC8341 #E5A574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC6523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BC6523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6523

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6523	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)

#7E7019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.135 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79263',
    500: '#bc6523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6523;
$custom-light: #d79263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.882,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59725,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.2012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6523

secondary

#6FA4CC

accent

#A0EB3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6523

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

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