#BC6738#BC6738

#BC6738 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.125 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6738
RGB	rgb(188, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 30.16, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 50.68, 53.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0839 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.125 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3054, 20.6803, 6.3470)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6738 #388DBC

analogous

#BC384B #BC6738 #BCA938

triadic

#BC6738 #38BC67 #6738BC

tetradic

#BC6738 #4BBC38 #388DBC #A938BC

square

#BC6738 #4BBC38 #388DBC #A938BC

split-complementary

#BC6738 #38BCA9 #384BBC

monochromatic

#5E331C #8D4D2A #BC6738 #D08961 #DEAC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC6738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#BC6738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6738

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6738	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.125 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69370',
    500: '#bc6738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6738;
$custom-light: #d69370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60261,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6738

secondary

#87B1C9

accent

#A9DD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6738

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

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