#BC6A48#BC6A48

#BC6A48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.115 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6A48
RGB	rgb(188, 106, 72)
HSL	hsl(18, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 29.55, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 44.39, 48.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.0847 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.115 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0649, 21.4701, 8.8485)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6A48 #489ABC

analogous

#BC4860 #BC6A48 #BCA448

triadic

#BC6A48 #48BC6A #6A48BC

tetradic

#BC6A48 #60BC48 #489ABC #A448BC

square

#BC6A48 #60BC48 #489ABC #A448BC

split-complementary

#BC6A48 #48BCA4 #4860BC

monochromatic

#653825 #925035 #BC6A48 #CC8E75 #DDB3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BC6A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BC6A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6A48

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6A48	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)

#807545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 106, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.115 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5957c',
    500: '#bc6a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6a48;
$custom-light: #d5957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.586,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60987,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6A48

secondary

#96BBCA

accent

#AFD652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6A48

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

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