#BC6E35#BC6E35

#BC6E35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.122 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E35
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(25, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(25, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 26.21, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 51.15, 59.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.0715 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.122 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9598, 22.1031, 6.2140)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E35 #3583BC

analogous

#BC3540 #BC6E35 #BCB235

triadic

#BC6E35 #35BC6E #6E35BC

tetradic

#BC6E35 #40BC35 #3583BC #B235BC

square

#BC6E35 #40BC35 #3583BC #B235BC

split-complementary

#BC6E35 #35BCB2 #3540BC

monochromatic

#5D361A #8C5228 #BC6E35 #D18E5D #DFAF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BC6E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BC6E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E35

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E35	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85772F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.122 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6986f',
    500: '#bc6e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e35;
$custom-light: #d6986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61434,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E35

secondary

#84ACC9

accent

#A0DF48

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E35

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

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