#BC6B48#BC6B48

#BC6B48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.115 H 43.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6B48
RGB	rgb(188, 107, 72)
HSL	hsl(18, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 29.01, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 44.24, 49.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.083 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.115 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1685, 21.6774, 8.8830)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6B48 #4899BC

analogous

#BC485F #BC6B48 #BCA548

triadic

#BC6B48 #48BC6B #6B48BC

tetradic

#BC6B48 #5FBC48 #4899BC #A548BC

square

#BC6B48 #5FBC48 #4899BC #A548BC

split-complementary

#BC6B48 #48BCA5 #485FBC

monochromatic

#653825 #925135 #BC6B48 #CC8F75 #DDB3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BC6B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BC6B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6B48

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6B48	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 107, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.115 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5967c',
    500: '#bc6b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6b48;
$custom-light: #d5967c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.103,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61158,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6B48

secondary

#96BACA

accent

#AED652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6B48

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

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