#BC6740#BC6740

#BC6740 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.121 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC6740
RGBrgb(188, 103, 64)
HSLhsl(19, 49%, 49%)
HSVhsv(19, 66%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 45.2%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.69, 30.63, 36.59)
CIE-LCHlch(52.69, 47.72, 50.07°)
OKLaboklab(60.36% 0.0866 0.0849)
OKLCHoklch(60.36% 0.121 44.4)
XYZxyz(26.5169, 20.7649, 7.4611)
Luminance0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC6740 #4095BC
analogous
#BC4057 #BC6740 #BCA540
triadic
#BC6740 #40BC67 #6740BC
tetradic
#BC6740 #57BC40 #4095BC #A540BC
square
#BC6740 #57BC40 #4095BC #A540BC
split-complementary
#BC6740 #40BCA5 #4057BC
monochromatic
#613521 #8E4E30 #BC6740 #CD8B6C #DDAF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08
#BC6740 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15
#BC6740 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6740
5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC6740#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC67401.004.085.155.15
#FFFFFF4.081.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1521.001.001.00
##0000005.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E723C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93853F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD575E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc6740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 103, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.121 44.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59376',
    500: '#bc6740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc6740;
$custom-light: #d59376;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc6740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.871,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60363,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC6740
secondary
#8FB7C9
accent
#ADD94F
background
#FDF9F7
surface
#FBF1ED
border
#D4CBC8
text
#150D08
muted
#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6740

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#BC6740 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva