#BC6E23#BC6E23

#BC6E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.130 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E23
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(29, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(29, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 25.45, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 57.80, 63.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.0666 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.13 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6207, 21.9675, 4.4280)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E23 #2371BC

analogous

#BC2324 #BC6E23 #BCBA23

triadic

#BC6E23 #23BC6E #6E23BC

tetradic

#BC6E23 #24BC23 #2371BC #BA23BC

square

#BC6E23 #24BC23 #2371BC #BA23BC

split-complementary

#BC6E23 #23BCBA #2324BC

monochromatic

#553210 #885019 #BC6E23 #DC8D41 #E5AC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC6E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#BC6E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E23

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E23	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.130 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79864',
    500: '#bc6e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e23;
$custom-light: #d79864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.412,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61278,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E23

secondary

#6F9ECC

accent

#96EB3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E23

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

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