#BC6537#BC6537

#BC6537 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.127 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6537
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 31.18, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 51.31, 52.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.0868 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.127 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0846, 20.2775, 6.1540)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6537 #378EBC

analogous

#BC374B #BC6537 #BCA837

triadic

#BC6537 #37BC65 #6537BC

tetradic

#BC6537 #4BBC37 #378EBC #A837BC

square

#BC6537 #4BBC37 #378EBC #A837BC

split-complementary

#BC6537 #37BCA8 #374BBC

monochromatic

#5D321B #8D4C29 #BC6537 #D08760 #DEAB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BC6537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BC6537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6537

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6537	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.127 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69270',
    500: '#bc6537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6537;
$custom-light: #d69270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.752,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59914,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6537

secondary

#86B2C9

accent

#ABDE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6537

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

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