#BC6938#BC6938

#BC6938 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.124 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6938
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, 29.08, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 50.44, 54.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.0806 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.124 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5067, 21.0829, 6.4141)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6938 #388BBC

analogous

#BC3849 #BC6938 #BCAB38

triadic

#BC6938 #38BC69 #6938BC

tetradic

#BC6938 #49BC38 #388BBC #AB38BC

square

#BC6938 #49BC38 #388BBC #AB38BC

split-complementary

#BC6938 #38BCAB #3849BC

monochromatic

#5E341C #8D4F2A #BC6938 #D08A61 #DEAD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BC6938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BC6938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6938

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6938	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.124 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69571',
    500: '#bc6938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6938;
$custom-light: #d69571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60601,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6938

secondary

#87B0C9

accent

#A7DD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6938

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

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