#BC6646#BC6646

#BC6646 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.120 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6646
RGB	rgb(188, 102, 70)
HSL	hsl(16, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 31.56, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 45.76, 46.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.0905 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.12 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5980, 20.6392, 8.3762)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6646 #469CBC

analogous

#BC4661 #BC6646 #BCA146

triadic

#BC6646 #46BC66 #6646BC

tetradic

#BC6646 #61BC46 #469CBC #A146BC

square

#BC6646 #61BC46 #469CBC #A146BC

split-complementary

#BC6646 #46BCA1 #4661BC

monochromatic

#643524 #904D34 #BC6646 #CC8B73 #DDB0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#BC6646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#BC6646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6646

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6646	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD565E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 102, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.120 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5937a',
    500: '#bc6646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6646;
$custom-light: #d5937a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.271,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60282,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6646

secondary

#95BBC9

accent

#B2D651

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6646

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

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