#BC5731#BC5731

#BC5731 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.140 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5731
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 49)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 38.18, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 55.74, 46.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.1071 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.14 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7040, 17.7326, 5.0270)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5731 #3196BC

analogous

#BC3151 #BC5731 #BC9D31

triadic

#BC5731 #31BC57 #5731BC

tetradic

#BC5731 #51BC31 #3196BC #9D31BC

square

#BC5731 #51BC31 #3196BC #9D31BC

split-complementary

#BC5731 #31BC9D #3151BC

monochromatic

#5B2A18 #8B4124 #BC5731 #D37957 #E0A088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BC5731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#BC5731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5731

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5731	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73672D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.140 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7896b',
    500: '#bc5731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5731;
$custom-light: #d7896b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.403,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57618,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5731

secondary

#7FB5CA

accent

#B7E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5731

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

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