#BC6838#BC6838

#BC6838 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.124 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6838
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 29.62, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 50.56, 54.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.0822 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.124 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4054, 20.8804, 6.3804)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6838 #388CBC

analogous

#BC384A #BC6838 #BCAA38

triadic

#BC6838 #38BC68 #6838BC

tetradic

#BC6838 #4ABC38 #388CBC #AA38BC

square

#BC6838 #4ABC38 #388CBC #AA38BC

split-complementary

#BC6838 #38BCAA #384ABC

monochromatic

#5E341C #8D4E2A #BC6838 #D08961 #DEAD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC6838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BC6838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6838

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6838	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.124 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69470',
    500: '#bc6838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6838;
$custom-light: #d69470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6043,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6838

secondary

#87B1C9

accent

#A8DD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6838

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

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