#BC6A40#BC6A40

#BC6A40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.119 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6A40
RGB	rgb(188, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 29.01, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 47.31, 52.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.0817 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.119 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8207, 21.3724, 7.5623)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6A40 #4092BC

analogous

#BC4054 #BC6A40 #BCA840

triadic

#BC6A40 #40BC6A #6A40BC

tetradic

#BC6A40 #54BC40 #4092BC #A840BC

square

#BC6A40 #54BC40 #4092BC #A840BC

split-complementary

#BC6A40 #40BCA8 #4054BC

monochromatic

#613721 #8E5030 #BC6A40 #CD8D6C #DDB09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC6A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BC6A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6A40

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6A40	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.119 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59576',
    500: '#bc6a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6a40;
$custom-light: #d59576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.323,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60872,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6A40

secondary

#8FB5C9

accent

#AAD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6A40

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

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