#BC6939#BC6939

#BC6939 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.123 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6939
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 57)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 29.14, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 50.06, 54.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.0809 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.123 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5314, 21.0928, 6.5442)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6939 #398CBC

analogous

#BC394A #BC6939 #BCAA39

triadic

#BC6939 #39BC69 #6939BC

tetradic

#BC6939 #4ABC39 #398CBC #AA39BC

square

#BC6939 #4ABC39 #398CBC #AA39BC

split-complementary

#BC6939 #39BCAA #394ABC

monochromatic

#5E351D #8D4F2B #BC6939 #D08B63 #DEAE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BC6939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BC6939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6939

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6939	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	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)

#807334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.123 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69571',
    500: '#bc6939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6939;
$custom-light: #d69571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.985,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60612,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6939

secondary

#88B1C9

accent

#A7DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6939

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

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