#BC6E37#BC6E37

#BC6E37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.121 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E37
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(25, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 26.31, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 50.37, 58.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.0721 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.121 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0068, 22.1219, 6.4614)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E37 #3785BC

analogous

#BC3742 #BC6E37 #BCB137

triadic

#BC6E37 #37BC6E #6E37BC

tetradic

#BC6E37 #42BC37 #3785BC #B137BC

square

#BC6E37 #42BC37 #3785BC #B137BC

split-complementary

#BC6E37 #37BCB1 #3742BC

monochromatic

#5D371B #8D5229 #BC6E37 #D08E60 #DEB08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BC6E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BC6E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E37

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E37	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)

#857731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.121 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69870',
    500: '#bc6e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e37;
$custom-light: #d69870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.812,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61456,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E37

secondary

#86ADC9

accent

#A1DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E37

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

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