#BC6D42#BC6D42

#BC6D42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.116 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6D42
RGB	rgb(188, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(21, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 27.51, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 46.20, 53.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.0775 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.116 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1932, 22.0248, 7.9723)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6D42 #4291BC

analogous

#BC4254 #BC6D42 #BCAA42

triadic

#BC6D42 #42BC6D #6D42BC

tetradic

#BC6D42 #54BC42 #4291BC #AA42BC

square

#BC6D42 #54BC42 #4291BC #AA42BC

split-complementary

#BC6D42 #42BCAA #4254BC

monochromatic

#613822 #8F5332 #BC6D42 #CC906F #DCB39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC6D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BC6D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6D42

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6D42	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)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.116 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59778',
    500: '#bc6d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6d42;
$custom-light: #d59778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.148,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61417,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6D42

secondary

#91B5C9

accent

#A8D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6D42

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

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