#BC6D40#BC6D40

#BC6D40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.117 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6D40
RGB	rgb(188, 109, 64)
HSL	hsl(22, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 27.38, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 46.96, 54.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.0768 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.117 49)
XYZ	xyz(27.1352, 22.0016, 7.6672)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6D40 #408FBC

analogous

#BC4051 #BC6D40 #BCAB40

triadic

#BC6D40 #40BC6D #6D40BC

tetradic

#BC6D40 #51BC40 #408FBC #AB40BC

square

#BC6D40 #51BC40 #408FBC #AB40BC

split-complementary

#BC6D40 #40BCAB #4051BC

monochromatic

#613821 #8E5330 #BC6D40 #CD8F6C #DDB29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC6D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BC6D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6D40

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6D40	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 109, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.117 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59776',
    500: '#bc6d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6d40;
$custom-light: #d59776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.774,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6139,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.21999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6D40

secondary

#8FB4C9

accent

#A7D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6D40

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

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