#BC6849#BC6849

#BC6849 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.117 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6849
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 73)
HSL	hsl(16, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 30.70, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 44.38, 46.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.0884 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.117 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8940, 21.0759, 8.9538)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6849 #499DBC

analogous

#BC4963 #BC6849 #BCA149

triadic

#BC6849 #49BC68 #6849BC

tetradic

#BC6849 #63BC49 #499DBC #A149BC

square

#BC6849 #63BC49 #499DBC #A149BC

split-complementary

#BC6849 #49BCA1 #4963BC

monochromatic

#653725 #924F36 #BC6849 #CC8D76 #DDB2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BC6849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BC6849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6849

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6849	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)

#7E7346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.117 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5947c',
    500: '#bc6849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6849;
$custom-light: #d5947c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.174,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60663,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6849

secondary

#97BCCA

accent

#B2D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6849

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

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