#BC6B40#BC6B40

#BC6B40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.118 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6B40
RGB	rgb(188, 107, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 28.47, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 47.18, 52.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.0801 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.118 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9243, 21.5798, 7.5969)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6B40 #4091BC

analogous

#BC4053 #BC6B40 #BCA940

triadic

#BC6B40 #40BC6B #6B40BC

tetradic

#BC6B40 #53BC40 #4091BC #A940BC

square

#BC6B40 #53BC40 #4091BC #A940BC

split-complementary

#BC6B40 #40BCA9 #4053BC

monochromatic

#613721 #8E5130 #BC6B40 #CD8E6C #DDB19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BC6B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#BC6B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6B40

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6B40	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.118 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59676',
    500: '#bc6b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6b40;
$custom-light: #d59676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.806,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61044,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6B40

secondary

#8FB5C9

accent

#A9D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6B40

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

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