Colour reference

Golden Brown

#bc6c25

RGB: rgb(188 108 37)
HSL: 28°, 67%, 44%
OKLCh: 60.9% 0.130 57.3

Golden Brown in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#bc6c25`
RGB	`rgb(188 108 37)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(188, 108, 37)`
RGB percent	`rgb(73.73% 42.35% 14.51%)`
HSL	`hsl(28.2 67.1% 44.1%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(28.2, 67.1%, 44.1%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(28.2, 80.3%, 73.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(28.2 14.5% 26.3%)`
Nearest name	`chocolate (approx.)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 80.3%, 26.3%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(60.94% 0.13021 57.347)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(60.94% 0.07026 0.10963)`
CIE LCh	`lch(54.082% 58.82 60.573)`
CIE Lab	`lab(54.082% 28.899 51.232)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.6945 0.4388 0.21)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.5998 0.3997 0.1531)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.5029 0.15 0.0185)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.2643 0.2155 0.0452)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.737, 0.424, 0.145)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.503, 0.15, 0.019)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.737, 0.424, 0.145, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.503, 0.15, 0.019, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(188, 108, 37)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.737, 0.424, 0.145)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.503, 0.15, 0.019)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.737, 0.424, 0.145, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.737, 0.424, 0.145, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.737, 0.424, 0.145)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.737, 0.424, 0.145, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.503, 0.15, 0.019)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.737f, 0.424f, 0.145f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(188, 108, 37, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.5029f, 0.15f, 0.0185f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(188, 108, 37, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.737, 0.424, 0.145, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFBC6C25)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(188, 108, 37)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.424, blue: 0.145)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.737, green: 0.424, blue: 0.145, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xBC6C25`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFBC6C25`
Array 0–1	`[0.737, 0.424, 0.145]`
Array 0–255	`[188, 108, 37]`
Decimal integer	`12348453`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Golden Brown on white	3.95:1	AA Large	Lc 67	Headings and large text
Golden Brown on black	5.31:1	AA	Lc 35	Non-text elements only

Golden Brown text on a white background

Golden Brown text on a black background

White text on Golden Brown

Black text on Golden Brown

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#fff1de
100#ffe4c8
200#ffcda0
300#ffb277
400#e49454
500#c5742f
600#a75b11
700#8b4600
800#723400
900#5d2500
950#391100

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#c98550
Tint 2#d59d74
Tint 3#e0b596
Tint 4#ebceb9
Tint 5#f5e6dc
Shade 1#93531b
Shade 2#6c3b11
Shade 3#472508
Shade 4#251102
Shade 5#080200

Colours that work with Golden Brown

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#108dc7
#009b82
#8c70c7
#c56157
#a47d00

Closest CSS names

chocolateΔEok 0.039
darkgoldenrodΔEok 0.070
peruΔEok 0.070
indianredΔEok 0.084
siennaΔEok 0.089
oliveΔEok 0.117