#BC6A46#BC6A46

#BC6A46 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.116 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6A46
RGB	rgb(188, 106, 70)
HSL	hsl(18, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 29.41, 34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 45.10, 49.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0839 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.116 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0007, 21.4445, 8.5104)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6A46 #4698BC

analogous

#BC465D #BC6A46 #BCA546

triadic

#BC6A46 #46BC6A #6A46BC

tetradic

#BC6A46 #5DBC46 #4698BC #A546BC

square

#BC6A46 #5DBC46 #4698BC #A546BC

split-complementary

#BC6A46 #46BCA5 #465DBC

monochromatic

#643724 #905034 #BC6A46 #CC8E73 #DDB2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BC6A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BC6A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6A46

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6A46	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 106, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.116 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5957a',
    500: '#bc6a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6a46;
$custom-light: #d5957a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.305,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60957,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6A46

secondary

#95B9C9

accent

#AED651

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6A46

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

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