#BC6A49#BC6A49

#BC6A49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.115 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6A49
RGB	rgb(188, 106, 73)
HSL	hsl(17, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 29.62, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 44.04, 47.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.0851 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.115 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0977, 21.4833, 9.0217)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6A49 #499BBC

analogous

#BC4961 #BC6A49 #BCA349

triadic

#BC6A49 #49BC6A #6A49BC

tetradic

#BC6A49 #61BC49 #499BBC #A349BC

square

#BC6A49 #61BC49 #499BBC #A349BC

split-complementary

#BC6A49 #49BCA3 #4961BC

monochromatic

#653825 #925036 #BC6A49 #CC8F76 #DDB3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BC6A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#BC6A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6A49

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6A49	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 106, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.115 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5957c',
    500: '#bc6a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6a49;
$custom-light: #d5957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.217,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61002,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6A49

secondary

#97BBCA

accent

#B0D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6A49

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

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