#BC6A42#BC6A42

#BC6A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.118 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6A42
RGB	rgb(188, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(20, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 29.14, 36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 46.56, 51.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.0825 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.118 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8786, 21.3956, 7.8675)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6A42 #4294BC

analogous

#BC4257 #BC6A42 #BCA742

triadic

#BC6A42 #42BC6A #6A42BC

tetradic

#BC6A42 #57BC42 #4294BC #A742BC

square

#BC6A42 #57BC42 #4294BC #A742BC

split-complementary

#BC6A42 #42BCA7 #4257BC

monochromatic

#613722 #8F5032 #BC6A42 #CC8D6F #DCB19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC6A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BC6A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6A42

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6A42	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80753E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.118 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59577',
    500: '#bc6a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6a42;
$custom-light: #d59577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.672,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60899,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6A42

secondary

#91B6C9

accent

#ABD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6A42

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

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