#BC6E50#BC6E50

#BC6E50 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.108 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E50
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 80)
HSL	hsl(17, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 27.99, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 40.97, 46.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.0812 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.108 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7649, 22.4251, 10.4541)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E50 #509EBC

analogous

#BC5068 #BC6E50 #BCA450

triadic

#BC6E50 #50BC6E #6E50BC

tetradic

#BC6E50 #68BC50 #509EBC #A450BC

square

#BC6E50 #68BC50 #509EBC #A450BC

split-complementary

#BC6E50 #50BCA4 #5068BC

monochromatic

#693A28 #965339 #BC6E50 #CD937C #DEB7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#BC6E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#BC6E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E50

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E50	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82784D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.108 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49881',
    500: '#bc6e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e50;
$custom-light: #d49881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61804,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E50

secondary

#9CBECB

accent

#B1D453

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E50

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

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