#BC6C23#BC6C23

#BC6C23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.131 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6C23
RGB	rgb(188, 108, 35)
HSL	hsl(29, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(29, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 26.54, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 57.92, 62.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.0698 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.131 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4073, 21.5407, 4.3569)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6C23 #2373BC

analogous

#BC2327 #BC6C23 #BCB823

triadic

#BC6C23 #23BC6C #6C23BC

tetradic

#BC6C23 #27BC23 #2373BC #B823BC

square

#BC6C23 #27BC23 #2373BC #B823BC

split-complementary

#BC6C23 #23BCB8 #2327BC

monochromatic

#553110 #884E19 #BC6C23 #DC8B41 #E5AA74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BC6C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BC6C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6C23

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6C23	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 108, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.131 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79664',
    500: '#bc6c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6c23;
$custom-light: #d79664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.627,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60926,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6C23

secondary

#6FA0CC

accent

#98EB3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6C23

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

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