#BC6937#BC6937

#BC6937 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.124 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6937
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 29.03, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 50.82, 55.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% 0.0803 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.124 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4825, 21.0732, 6.2866)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6937 #378ABC

analogous

#BC3748 #BC6937 #BCAB37

triadic

#BC6937 #37BC69 #6937BC

tetradic

#BC6937 #48BC37 #378ABC #AB37BC

square

#BC6937 #48BC37 #378ABC #AB37BC

split-complementary

#BC6937 #37BCAB #3748BC

monochromatic

#5D341B #8D4F29 #BC6937 #D08A60 #DEAD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BC6937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BC6937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6937

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6937	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)

#807332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.124 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69570',
    500: '#bc6937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6937;
$custom-light: #d69570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.556,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60589,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6937

secondary

#86B0C9

accent

#A6DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6937

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

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