#BC6848#BC6848

#BC6848 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.117 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6848
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 72)
HSL	hsl(17, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 30.63, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 44.72, 46.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.088 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.117 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8612, 21.0627, 8.7806)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6848 #489CBC

analogous

#BC4862 #BC6848 #BCA248

triadic

#BC6848 #48BC68 #6848BC

tetradic

#BC6848 #62BC48 #489CBC #A248BC

square

#BC6848 #62BC48 #489CBC #A248BC

split-complementary

#BC6848 #48BCA2 #4862BC

monochromatic

#653625 #924F35 #BC6848 #CC8D75 #DDB2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BC6848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BC6848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6848

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6848	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.117 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5947b',
    500: '#bc6848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6848;
$custom-light: #d5947b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60648,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6848

secondary

#96BBCA

accent

#B2D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6848

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

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