#BC6638#BC6638

#BC6638 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.126 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6638
RGB	rgb(188, 102, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 30.70, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 50.80, 52.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.0855 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.126 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2065, 20.4826, 6.3141)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6638 #388EBC

analogous

#BC384C #BC6638 #BCA838

triadic

#BC6638 #38BC66 #6638BC

tetradic

#BC6638 #4CBC38 #388EBC #A838BC

square

#BC6638 #4CBC38 #388EBC #A838BC

split-complementary

#BC6638 #38BCA8 #384CBC

monochromatic

#5E331C #8D4C2A #BC6638 #D08861 #DEAB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC6638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC6638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6638

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6638	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE555C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 102, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.126 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69370',
    500: '#bc6638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6638;
$custom-light: #d69370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60093,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6638

secondary

#87B2C9

accent

#AADD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6638

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

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