#BC6949#BC6949

#BC6949 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.116 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6949
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 73)
HSL	hsl(17, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 30.16, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 44.21, 46.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.0867 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.116 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9953, 21.2784, 8.9875)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6949 #499CBC

analogous

#BC4962 #BC6949 #BCA249

triadic

#BC6949 #49BC69 #6949BC

tetradic

#BC6949 #62BC49 #499CBC #A249BC

square

#BC6949 #62BC49 #499CBC #A249BC

split-complementary

#BC6949 #49BCA2 #4962BC

monochromatic

#653725 #924F36 #BC6949 #CC8E76 #DDB3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BC6949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#BC6949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6949

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6949	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.116 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5957c',
    500: '#bc6949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6949;
$custom-light: #d5957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.696,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60832,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6949

secondary

#97BCCA

accent

#B1D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6949

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

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