#BC6535#BC6535

#BC6535 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.128 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6535
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 53)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 31.07, 41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 52.05, 53.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.0861 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.128 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0376, 20.2587, 5.9066)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6535 #358CBC

analogous

#BC3549 #BC6535 #BCA835

triadic

#BC6535 #35BC65 #6535BC

tetradic

#BC6535 #49BC35 #358CBC #A835BC

square

#BC6535 #49BC35 #358CBC #A835BC

split-complementary

#BC6535 #35BCA8 #3549BC

monochromatic

#5D321A #8C4B28 #BC6535 #D1865D #DFAA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BC6535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#BC6535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6535

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6535	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.128 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6926e',
    500: '#bc6535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6535;
$custom-light: #d6926e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59891,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6535

secondary

#84B0C9

accent

#AADF48

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6535

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

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