#BC6E25#BC6E25

#BC6E25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.129 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E25
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 37)
HSL	hsl(29, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(29, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 25.51, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 57.11, 63.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.067 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.129 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6512, 21.9797, 4.5889)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E25 #2573BC

analogous

#BC2527 #BC6E25 #BCBA25

triadic

#BC6E25 #25BC6E #6E25BC

tetradic

#BC6E25 #27BC25 #2573BC #BA25BC

square

#BC6E25 #27BC25 #2573BC #BA25BC

split-complementary

#BC6E25 #25BCBA #2527BC

monochromatic

#563211 #89501B #BC6E25 #DA8D44 #E4AC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC6E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BC6E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E25

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E25	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)

#867619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.129 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69865',
    500: '#bc6e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e25;
$custom-light: #d69865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.007,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61292,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E25

secondary

#71A0CC

accent

#97EA3E

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E25

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

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