#BC6A23#BC6A23

#BC6A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.132 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6A23
RGB	rgb(188, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 27.62, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 58.06, 61.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.073 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.132 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1988, 21.1237, 4.2874)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6A23 #2375BC

analogous

#BC2328 #BC6A23 #BCB623

triadic

#BC6A23 #23BC6A #6A23BC

tetradic

#BC6A23 #28BC23 #2375BC #B623BC

square

#BC6A23 #28BC23 #2375BC #B623BC

split-complementary

#BC6A23 #23BCB6 #2328BC

monochromatic

#553010 #884D19 #BC6A23 #DC8941 #E5A974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BC6A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BC6A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6A23

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6A23	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)

#827317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE585C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.132 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79564',
    500: '#bc6a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6a23;
$custom-light: #d79564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.843,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60578,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6A23

secondary

#6FA1CC

accent

#9AEB3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6A23

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

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