#BC6E40#BC6E40

#BC6E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.116 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E40
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(22, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 26.84, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 46.86, 55.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.0751 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.116 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2425, 22.2162, 7.7030)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E40 #408EBC

analogous

#BC4050 #BC6E40 #BCAC40

triadic

#BC6E40 #40BC6E #6E40BC

tetradic

#BC6E40 #50BC40 #408EBC #AC40BC

square

#BC6E40 #50BC40 #408EBC #AC40BC

split-complementary

#BC6E40 #40BCAC #4050BC

monochromatic

#613921 #8E5330 #BC6E40 #CD906C #DDB39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BC6E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BC6E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E40

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E40	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.116 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59876',
    500: '#bc6e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e40;
$custom-light: #d59876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61565,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E40

secondary

#8FB3C9

accent

#A6D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E40

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

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