#BC6539#BC6539

#BC6539 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.126 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6539
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 57)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 31.29, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 50.57, 51.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.0875 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.126 46)
XYZ	xyz(26.1335, 20.2971, 6.4116)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6539 #3990BC

analogous

#BC394E #BC6539 #BCA639

triadic

#BC6539 #39BC65 #6539BC

tetradic

#BC6539 #4EBC39 #3990BC #A639BC

square

#BC6539 #4EBC39 #3990BC #A639BC

split-complementary

#BC6539 #39BCA6 #394EBC

monochromatic

#5E331D #8D4C2B #BC6539 #D08763 #DEAB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BC6539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BC6539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6539

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6539	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)

#7D7134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.126 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69271',
    500: '#bc6539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6539;
$custom-light: #d69271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.153,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59937,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.20294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6539

secondary

#88B3C9

accent

#ACDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6539

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

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