#BC6541#BC6541

#BC6541 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.122 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6541
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 65)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(18, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 31.76, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 47.67, 48.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.0903 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.122 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3490, 20.3833, 7.5468)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6541 #4198BC

analogous

#BC415A #BC6541 #BCA341

triadic

#BC6541 #41BC65 #6541BC

tetradic

#BC6541 #5ABC41 #4198BC #A341BC

square

#BC6541 #5ABC41 #4198BC #A341BC

split-complementary

#BC6541 #41BCA3 #415ABC

monochromatic

#613422 #8F4D31 #BC6541 #CD896E #DCAE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BC6541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BC6541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6541

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6541	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.122 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59276',
    500: '#bc6541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6541;
$custom-light: #d59276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.561,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60042,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6541

secondary

#90B8C9

accent

#B0D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6541

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

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