#BC6542#BC6542

#BC6542 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.122 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6542
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 31.83, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 47.32, 47.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0906 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.122 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3783, 20.3950, 7.7007)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6542 #4299BC

analogous

#BC425C #BC6542 #BCA242

triadic

#BC6542 #42BC65 #6542BC

tetradic

#BC6542 #5CBC42 #4299BC #A242BC

square

#BC6542 #5CBC42 #4299BC #A242BC

split-complementary

#BC6542 #42BCA2 #425CBC

monochromatic

#613422 #8F4D32 #BC6542 #CC8A6F #DCAF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BC6542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BC6542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6542

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6542	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)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.122 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59277',
    500: '#bc6542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6542;
$custom-light: #d59277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.213,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60056,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6542

secondary

#91B9C9

accent

#B1D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6542

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

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