#BC6636#BC6636

#BC6636 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.127 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6636
RGB	rgb(188, 102, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 30.59, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 51.55, 53.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.0848 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.127 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1586, 20.4634, 6.0616)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6636 #368CBC

analogous

#BC3649 #BC6636 #BCA936

triadic

#BC6636 #36BC66 #6636BC

tetradic

#BC6636 #49BC36 #368CBC #A936BC

square

#BC6636 #49BC36 #368CBC #A936BC

split-complementary

#BC6636 #36BCA9 #3649BC

monochromatic

#5D321B #8C4C28 #BC6636 #D1875E #DFAB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC6636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BC6636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6636

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6636	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 102, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.127 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6936f',
    500: '#bc6636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6636;
$custom-light: #d6936f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.493,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60069,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6636

secondary

#85B1C9

accent

#A9DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6636

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

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