#BC6839#BC6839

#BC6839 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.124 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6839
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 57)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 29.68, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 50.18, 53.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.0826 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.124 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4301, 20.8903, 6.5105)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6839 #398DBC

analogous

#BC394B #BC6839 #BCA939

triadic

#BC6839 #39BC68 #6839BC

tetradic

#BC6839 #4BBC39 #398DBC #A939BC

square

#BC6839 #4BBC39 #398DBC #A939BC

split-complementary

#BC6839 #39BCA9 #394BBC

monochromatic

#5E341D #8D4E2B #BC6839 #D08A63 #DEAD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC6839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BC6839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6839

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6839	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)

#7F7334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.124 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69471',
    500: '#bc6839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6839;
$custom-light: #d69471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.527,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60442,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6839

secondary

#88B2C9

accent

#A9DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6839

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

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