#BC6540#BC6540

#BC6540 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.123 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6540
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 31.70, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 48.03, 48.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.0899 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.123 43)
XYZ	xyz(26.3203, 20.3718, 7.3956)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6540 #4097BC

analogous

#BC4059 #BC6540 #BCA340

triadic

#BC6540 #40BC65 #6540BC

tetradic

#BC6540 #59BC40 #4097BC #A340BC

square

#BC6540 #59BC40 #4097BC #A340BC

split-complementary

#BC6540 #40BCA3 #4059BC

monochromatic

#613421 #8E4C30 #BC6540 #CD896C #DDAE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BC6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BC6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6540

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6540	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD545C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.123 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59276',
    500: '#bc6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6540;
$custom-light: #d59276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.903,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.20369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6540

secondary

#8FB7C9

accent

#B0D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6540

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

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