#BC6F42#BC6F42

#BC6F42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.115 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6F42
RGB	rgb(188, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 26.42, 37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 45.99, 54.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.0742 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.115 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4090, 22.4564, 8.0442)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6F42 #428FBC

analogous

#BC4252 #BC6F42 #BCAC42

triadic

#BC6F42 #42BC6F #6F42BC

tetradic

#BC6F42 #52BC42 #428FBC #AC42BC

square

#BC6F42 #52BC42 #428FBC #AC42BC

split-complementary

#BC6F42 #42BCAC #4252BC

monochromatic

#613A22 #8F5432 #BC6F42 #CC916F #DCB49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BC6F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#BC6F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6F42

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6F42	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.115 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59978',
    500: '#bc6f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6f42;
$custom-light: #d59978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.131,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61767,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6F42

secondary

#91B4C9

accent

#A6D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6F42

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

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