#BC6837#BC6837

#BC6837 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.125 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6837
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 29.57, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 50.93, 54.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.0819 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.125 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3812, 20.8707, 6.2528)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6837 #378BBC

analogous

#BC3749 #BC6837 #BCAA37

triadic

#BC6837 #37BC68 #6837BC

tetradic

#BC6837 #49BC37 #378BBC #AA37BC

square

#BC6837 #49BC37 #378BBC #AA37BC

split-complementary

#BC6837 #37BCAA #3749BC

monochromatic

#5D341B #8D4E29 #BC6837 #D08960 #DEAC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC6837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC6837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6837

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6837	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)

#807332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.125 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69470',
    500: '#bc6837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6837;
$custom-light: #d69470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.105,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60419,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6837

secondary

#86B0C9

accent

#A7DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6837

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

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