#BC6649#BC6649

#BC6649 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.118 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6649
RGB	rgb(188, 102, 73)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 31.77, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 44.75, 44.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.0916 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.118 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6951, 20.6780, 8.8875)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6649 #499FBC

analogous

#BC4965 #BC6649 #BC9F49

triadic

#BC6649 #49BC66 #6649BC

tetradic

#BC6649 #65BC49 #499FBC #9F49BC

square

#BC6649 #65BC49 #499FBC #9F49BC

split-complementary

#BC6649 #49BC9F #4965BC

monochromatic

#653525 #924D36 #BC6649 #CC8C76 #DDB1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC6649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#BC6649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6649

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6649	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	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)

#7C7246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD565F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 102, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.118 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5937c',
    500: '#bc6649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6649;
$custom-light: #d5937c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.13,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60329,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6649

secondary

#97BDCA

accent

#B5D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6649

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

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