#BC6538#BC6538

#BC6538 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.126 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6538
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 31.23, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 50.94, 52.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.0871 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.126 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1088, 20.2872, 6.2815)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6538 #388FBC

analogous

#BC384D #BC6538 #BCA738

triadic

#BC6538 #38BC65 #6538BC

tetradic

#BC6538 #4DBC38 #388FBC #A738BC

square

#BC6538 #4DBC38 #388FBC #A738BC

split-complementary

#BC6538 #38BCA7 #384DBC

monochromatic

#5E321C #8D4C2A #BC6538 #D08761 #DEAB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BC6538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BC6538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6538

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6538	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)

#7D7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.126 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69270',
    500: '#bc6538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6538;
$custom-light: #d69270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59925,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6538

secondary

#87B2C9

accent

#ABDD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6538

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

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