#BC6F38#BC6F38

#BC6F38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.120 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6F38
RGB	rgb(188, 111, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(25, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, 25.82, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 49.91, 58.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.0708 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.12 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1395, 22.3486, 6.6251)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6F38 #3885BC

analogous

#BC3843 #BC6F38 #BCB138

triadic

#BC6F38 #38BC6F #6F38BC

tetradic

#BC6F38 #43BC38 #3885BC #B138BC

square

#BC6F38 #43BC38 #3885BC #B138BC

split-complementary

#BC6F38 #38BCB1 #3843BC

monochromatic

#5E371C #8D532A #BC6F38 #D08F61 #DEB190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#BC6F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#BC6F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6F38

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6F38	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 111, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.120 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59971',
    500: '#bc6f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6f38;
$custom-light: #d59971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61643,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6F38

secondary

#87ADC9

accent

#A0DD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6F38

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

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