#BC6835#BC6835

#BC6835 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.126 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6835
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 53)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 29.46, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 51.69, 55.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.0813 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.126 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3342, 20.8520, 6.0055)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6835 #3589BC

analogous

#BC3545 #BC6835 #BCAC35

triadic

#BC6835 #35BC68 #6835BC

tetradic

#BC6835 #45BC35 #3589BC #AC35BC

square

#BC6835 #45BC35 #3589BC #AC35BC

split-complementary

#BC6835 #35BCAC #3545BC

monochromatic

#5D331A #8C4E28 #BC6835 #D1895D #DFAC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC6835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC6835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6835

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6835	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80732F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.126 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6946f',
    500: '#bc6835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6835;
$custom-light: #d6946f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60396,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6835

secondary

#84AFC9

accent

#A6DF48

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6835

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

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