#BC6B23#BC6B23

#BC6B23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.131 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6B23
RGB	rgb(188, 107, 35)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 27.08, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 57.99, 62.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.0714 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.131 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3025, 21.3310, 4.3219)
Luminance	0.2133 (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

#BC6B23 #2374BC

analogous

#BC2328 #BC6B23 #BCB723

triadic

#BC6B23 #23BC6B #6B23BC

tetradic

#BC6B23 #28BC23 #2374BC #B723BC

square

#BC6B23 #28BC23 #2374BC #B723BC

split-complementary

#BC6B23 #23BCB7 #2328BC

monochromatic

#553010 #884E19 #BC6B23 #DC8A41 #E5A974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#BC6B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BC6B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6B23

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6B23	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	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)

#837417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE595D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 107, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.131 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79664',
    500: '#bc6b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6b23;
$custom-light: #d79664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60751,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6B23

secondary

#6FA0CC

accent

#99EB3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6B23

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

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