#BC5733#BC5733

#BC5733 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.140 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5733
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, 38.28, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 55.07, 45.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1077 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.14 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7472, 17.7499, 5.2542)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5733 #3398BC

analogous

#BC3354 #BC5733 #BC9B33

triadic

#BC5733 #33BC57 #5733BC

tetradic

#BC5733 #54BC33 #3398BC #9B33BC

square

#BC5733 #54BC33 #3398BC #9B33BC

split-complementary

#BC5733 #33BC9B #3354BC

monochromatic

#5C2A19 #8C4126 #BC5733 #D27A5A #DFA08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BC5733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#BC5733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5733

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5733	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)

#73672F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.140 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7896c',
    500: '#bc5733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5733;
$custom-light: #d7896c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.766,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57641,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5733

secondary

#81B6C9

accent

#B8E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5733

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

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