#BC6E48#BC6E48

#BC6E48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.112 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E48
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 72)
HSL	hsl(20, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 27.38, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 43.83, 51.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.0781 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.112 46)
XYZ	xyz(27.4867, 22.3139, 8.9891)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E48 #4896BC

analogous

#BC485C #BC6E48 #BCA848

triadic

#BC6E48 #48BC6E #6E48BC

tetradic

#BC6E48 #5CBC48 #4896BC #A848BC

square

#BC6E48 #5CBC48 #4896BC #A848BC

split-complementary

#BC6E48 #48BCA8 #485CBC

monochromatic

#653A25 #925335 #BC6E48 #CC9175 #DDB5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#BC6E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BC6E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E48

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E48	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.112 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5987c',
    500: '#bc6e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e48;
$custom-light: #d5987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.655,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61677,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.22311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E48

secondary

#96B9CA

accent

#ABD652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E48

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

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