#BC6536#BC6536

#BC6536 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.127 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6536
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 31.13, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 51.68, 52.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.0865 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.127 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0609, 20.2680, 6.0290)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6536 #368DBC

analogous

#BC364A #BC6536 #BCA836

triadic

#BC6536 #36BC65 #6536BC

tetradic

#BC6536 #4ABC36 #368DBC #A836BC

square

#BC6536 #4ABC36 #368DBC #A836BC

split-complementary

#BC6536 #36BCA8 #364ABC

monochromatic

#5D321B #8C4B28 #BC6536 #D1875E #DFAA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BC6536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#BC6536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6536

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6536	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)

#7D7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.127 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6926f',
    500: '#bc6536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6536;
$custom-light: #d6926f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.045,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59902,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6536

secondary

#85B1C9

accent

#AADF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6536

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

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