#BC6A36#BC6A36

#BC6A36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.124 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6A36
RGB	rgb(188, 106, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 28.44, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 51.10, 56.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.0783 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.124 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5612, 21.2687, 6.1958)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6A36 #3688BC

analogous

#BC3645 #BC6A36 #BCAD36

triadic

#BC6A36 #36BC6A #6A36BC

tetradic

#BC6A36 #45BC36 #3688BC #AD36BC

square

#BC6A36 #45BC36 #3688BC #AD36BC

split-complementary

#BC6A36 #36BCAD #3645BC

monochromatic

#5D341B #8C4F28 #BC6A36 #D18B5E #DFAD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BC6A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#BC6A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6A36

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6A36	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 106, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.124 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6956f',
    500: '#bc6a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6a36;
$custom-light: #d6956f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.284,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60749,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6A36

secondary

#85AFC9

accent

#A5DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6A36

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

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