#BC6E36#BC6E36

#BC6E36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.121 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E36
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(25, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 26.26, 43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 50.76, 58.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.0718 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.122 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9831, 22.1124, 6.3364)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E36 #3684BC

analogous

#BC3641 #BC6E36 #BCB136

triadic

#BC6E36 #36BC6E #6E36BC

tetradic

#BC6E36 #41BC36 #3684BC #B136BC

square

#BC6E36 #41BC36 #3684BC #B136BC

split-complementary

#BC6E36 #36BCB1 #3641BC

monochromatic

#5D361B #8C5228 #BC6E36 #D18E5E #DFB08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BC6E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BC6E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E36

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E36	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)

#857730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.121 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69870',
    500: '#bc6e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e36;
$custom-light: #d69870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.075,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61445,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E36

secondary

#85ADC9

accent

#A0DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E36

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

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