#BC6C42#BC6C42

#BC6C42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.117 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6C42
RGB	rgb(188, 108, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(21, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 28.06, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 46.31, 52.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.0792 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.117 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0871, 21.8127, 7.9370)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6C42 #4292BC

analogous

#BC4255 #BC6C42 #BCA942

triadic

#BC6C42 #42BC6C #6C42BC

tetradic

#BC6C42 #55BC42 #4292BC #A942BC

square

#BC6C42 #55BC42 #4292BC #A942BC

split-complementary

#BC6C42 #42BCA9 #4255BC

monochromatic

#613822 #8F5232 #BC6C42 #CC8F6F #DCB29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BC6C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BC6C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6C42

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6C42	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 108, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.117 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59777',
    500: '#bc6c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6c42;
$custom-light: #d59777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.656,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61243,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6C42

secondary

#91B5C9

accent

#A9D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6C42

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

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