#BC6B42#BC6B42

#BC6B42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.117 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6B42
RGB	rgb(188, 107, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(20, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 28.60, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 46.43, 51.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.0808 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.117 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9822, 21.6029, 7.9020)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6B42 #4293BC

analogous

#BC4256 #BC6B42 #BCA842

triadic

#BC6B42 #42BC6B #6B42BC

tetradic

#BC6B42 #56BC42 #4293BC #A842BC

square

#BC6B42 #56BC42 #4293BC #A842BC

split-complementary

#BC6B42 #42BCA8 #4256BC

monochromatic

#613722 #8F5132 #BC6B42 #CC8E6F #DCB29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BC6B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#BC6B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6B42

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6B42	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)

#81753E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 107, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.117 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59677',
    500: '#bc6b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6b42;
$custom-light: #d59677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.164,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61071,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6B42

secondary

#91B6C9

accent

#AAD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6B42

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

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