#BC6D38#BC6D38

#BC6D38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.121 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6D38
RGB	rgb(188, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(24, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 26.91, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 50.06, 57.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.0741 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.121 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9237, 21.9170, 6.5531)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6D38 #3887BC

analogous

#BC3845 #BC6D38 #BCAF38

triadic

#BC6D38 #38BC6D #6D38BC

tetradic

#BC6D38 #45BC38 #3887BC #AF38BC

square

#BC6D38 #45BC38 #3887BC #AF38BC

split-complementary

#BC6D38 #38BCAF #3845BC

monochromatic

#5E361C #8D522A #BC6D38 #D08E61 #DEB090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BC6D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BC6D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6D38

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6D38	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)

#847632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.121 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69771',
    500: '#bc6d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6d38;
$custom-light: #d69771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61292,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6D38

secondary

#87AEC9

accent

#A2DD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6D38

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

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