#BC5423#BC5423

#BC5423 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.147 H 43.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5423
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 35)
HSL	hsl(19, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(19, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 39.14, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 61.00, 50.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1077 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.147 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2153, 17.1566, 3.6262)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5423 #238BBC

analogous

#BC233E #BC5423 #BCA023

triadic

#BC5423 #23BC54 #5423BC

tetradic

#BC5423 #3EBC23 #238BBC #A023BC

square

#BC5423 #3EBC23 #238BBC #A023BC

split-complementary

#BC5423 #23BCA0 #233EBC

monochromatic

#552610 #883D19 #BC5423 #DC7241 #E59874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC5423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC5423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5423

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5423	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)

#71651C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.147 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88762',
    500: '#bc5423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5423;
$custom-light: #d88762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.216,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57035,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5423

secondary

#6FAECC

accent

#B3EB3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5423

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

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