#BC6639#BC6639

#BC6639 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.125 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6639
RGB	rgb(188, 102, 57)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 30.75, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 50.43, 52.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.0858 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.125 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2312, 20.4924, 6.4441)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6639 #398FBC

analogous

#BC394D #BC6639 #BCA739

triadic

#BC6639 #39BC66 #6639BC

tetradic

#BC6639 #4DBC39 #398FBC #A739BC

square

#BC6639 #4DBC39 #398FBC #A739BC

split-complementary

#BC6639 #39BCA7 #394DBC

monochromatic

#5E331D #8D4D2B #BC6639 #D08863 #DEAC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC6639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC6639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6639

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6639	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)

#7E7134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE555C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 102, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.125 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69371',
    500: '#bc6639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6639;
$custom-light: #d69371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.611,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60105,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6639

secondary

#88B3C9

accent

#ABDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6639

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

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