#BC6940#BC6940

#BC6940 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.120 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6940
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, 29.55, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 47.44, 51.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.0834 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.12 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7182, 21.1675, 7.5282)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6940 #4093BC

analogous

#BC4055 #BC6940 #BCA740

triadic

#BC6940 #40BC69 #6940BC

tetradic

#BC6940 #55BC40 #4093BC #A740BC

square

#BC6940 #55BC40 #4093BC #A740BC

split-complementary

#BC6940 #40BCA7 #4055BC

monochromatic

#613621 #8E5030 #BC6940 #CD8C6C #DDB09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BC6940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#BC6940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6940

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6940	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.120 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59576',
    500: '#bc6940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6940;
$custom-light: #d59576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.839,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60701,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6940

secondary

#8FB6C9

accent

#ABD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6940

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

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