#BC6E38#BC6E38

#BC6E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.120 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E38
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(25, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, 26.37, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 49.98, 58.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.0724 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.121 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0310, 22.1316, 6.5889)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E38 #3886BC

analogous

#BC3844 #BC6E38 #BCB038

triadic

#BC6E38 #38BC6E #6E38BC

tetradic

#BC6E38 #44BC38 #3886BC #B038BC

square

#BC6E38 #44BC38 #3886BC #B038BC

split-complementary

#BC6E38 #38BCB0 #3844BC

monochromatic

#5E371C #8D522A #BC6E38 #D08F61 #DEB090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BC6E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#BC6E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E38

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E38	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.120 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59871',
    500: '#bc6e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e38;
$custom-light: #d59871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61467,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E38

secondary

#87AEC9

accent

#A1DD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E38

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

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