#BC6D36#BC6D36

#BC6D36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.122 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6D36
RGB	rgb(188, 109, 54)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(25, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 26.81, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 50.83, 58.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.0734 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.122 53)
XYZ	xyz(26.8758, 21.8978, 6.3007)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6D36 #3685BC

analogous

#BC3642 #BC6D36 #BCB036

triadic

#BC6D36 #36BC6D #6D36BC

tetradic

#BC6D36 #42BC36 #3685BC #B036BC

square

#BC6D36 #42BC36 #3685BC #B036BC

split-complementary

#BC6D36 #36BCB0 #3642BC

monochromatic

#5D361B #8C5128 #BC6D36 #D18D5E #DFAF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BC6D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BC6D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6D36

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6D36	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 109, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.122 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6976f',
    500: '#bc6d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6d36;
$custom-light: #d6976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.627,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6127,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.21895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6D36

secondary

#85ADC9

accent

#A1DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6D36

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

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