#BC5420#BC5420

#BC5420 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.148 H 43.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5420
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 32)
HSL	hsl(20, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 39.05, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 61.96, 50.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.1069 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.148 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1726, 17.1395, 3.4016)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5420 #2088BC

analogous

#BC203A #BC5420 #BCA220

triadic

#BC5420 #20BC54 #5420BC

tetradic

#BC5420 #3ABC20 #2088BC #A220BC

square

#BC5420 #3ABC20 #2088BC #A220BC

split-complementary

#BC5420 #20BCA2 #203ABC

monochromatic

#53250E #883D17 #BC5420 #DE723B #E79770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC5420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC5420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5420

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5420	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.148 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88760',
    500: '#bc5420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5420;
$custom-light: #d88760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57012,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5420

secondary

#6BACCD

accent

#B2EE3A

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5420

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

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