#BC6942#BC6942

#BC6942 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.119 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6942
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 66)
HSL	hsl(19, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(19, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 29.68, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 46.70, 50.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.0841 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.119 45)
XYZ	xyz(26.7761, 21.1907, 7.8333)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6942 #4295BC

analogous

#BC4258 #BC6942 #BCA642

triadic

#BC6942 #42BC69 #6942BC

tetradic

#BC6942 #58BC42 #4295BC #A642BC

square

#BC6942 #58BC42 #4295BC #A642BC

split-complementary

#BC6942 #42BCA6 #4258BC

monochromatic

#613622 #8F5032 #BC6942 #CC8D6F #DCB19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BC6942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BC6942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6942

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6942	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.119 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59577',
    500: '#bc6942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6942;
$custom-light: #d59577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.18,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60729,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.21188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6942

secondary

#91B7C9

accent

#ACD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6942

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

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