#BC6B38#BC6B38

#BC6B38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.122 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6B38
RGB	rgb(188, 107, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 28.00, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 50.24, 56.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.0773 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.122 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7128, 21.4951, 6.4828)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6B38 #3889BC

analogous

#BC3847 #BC6B38 #BCAD38

triadic

#BC6B38 #38BC6B #6B38BC

tetradic

#BC6B38 #47BC38 #3889BC #AD38BC

square

#BC6B38 #47BC38 #3889BC #AD38BC

split-complementary

#BC6B38 #38BCAD #3847BC

monochromatic

#5E351C #8D502A #BC6B38 #D08C61 #DEAE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BC6B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#BC6B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6B38

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6B38	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	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)

#827533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 107, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.122 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69671',
    500: '#bc6b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6b38;
$custom-light: #d69671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60944,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6B38

secondary

#87AFC9

accent

#A5DD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6B38

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

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