#BC6D23#BC6D23

#BC6D23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.131 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6D23
RGB	rgb(188, 109, 35)
HSL	hsl(29, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(29, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 25.99, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 57.86, 63.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.0682 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.131 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5134, 21.7529, 4.3922)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6D23 #2372BC

analogous

#BC2325 #BC6D23 #BCB923

triadic

#BC6D23 #23BC6D #6D23BC

tetradic

#BC6D23 #25BC23 #2372BC #B923BC

square

#BC6D23 #25BC23 #2372BC #B923BC

split-complementary

#BC6D23 #23BCB9 #2325BC

monochromatic

#553110 #884F19 #BC6D23 #DC8C41 #E5AB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BC6D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BC6D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6D23

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6D23	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 109, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.131 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79764',
    500: '#bc6d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6d23;
$custom-light: #d79764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.02,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61101,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6D23

secondary

#6F9FCC

accent

#97EB3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6D23

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

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