#BC5023#BC5023

#BC5023 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.151 H 41.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5023
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 35)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 41.11, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 61.75, 48.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1137 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.151 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9136, 16.5533, 3.5256)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5023 #238FBC

analogous

#BC2342 #BC5023 #BC9C23

triadic

#BC5023 #23BC50 #5023BC

tetradic

#BC5023 #42BC23 #238FBC #9C23BC

square

#BC5023 #42BC23 #238FBC #9C23BC

split-complementary

#BC5023 #23BC9C #2342BC

monochromatic

#552410 #883A19 #BC5023 #DC6E41 #E59574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC5023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC5023 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5023

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5023	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.151 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88462',
    500: '#bc5023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5023;
$custom-light: #d88462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56455,
    "c": 0.15073,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5023

secondary

#6FB1CC

accent

#B8EB3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5023

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

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