#BC6836#BC6836

#BC6836 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.125 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6836
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 29.52, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 51.31, 54.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.0816 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.125 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3575, 20.8612, 6.1279)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6836 #368ABC

analogous

#BC3647 #BC6836 #BCAB36

triadic

#BC6836 #36BC68 #6836BC

tetradic

#BC6836 #47BC36 #368ABC #AB36BC

square

#BC6836 #47BC36 #368ABC #AB36BC

split-complementary

#BC6836 #36BCAB #3647BC

monochromatic

#5D331B #8C4E28 #BC6836 #D1895E #DFAC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC6836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC6836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6836

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6836	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)

#807331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.125 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6946f',
    500: '#bc6836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6836;
$custom-light: #d6946f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.388,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60407,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6836

secondary

#85B0C9

accent

#A7DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6836

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

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