#BC5823#BC5823

#BC5823 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.144 H 45.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5823
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 35)
HSL	hsl(21, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 37.12, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 60.30, 52.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1015 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.144 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5346, 17.7953, 3.7327)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5823 #2387BC

analogous

#BC233B #BC5823 #BCA423

triadic

#BC5823 #23BC58 #5823BC

tetradic

#BC5823 #3BBC23 #2387BC #A423BC

square

#BC5823 #3BBC23 #2387BC #A423BC

split-complementary

#BC5823 #23BCA4 #233BBC

monochromatic

#552810 #884019 #BC5823 #DC7641 #E59B74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC5823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC5823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5823

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5823	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74671B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF424D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.144 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88962',
    500: '#bc5823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5823;
$custom-light: #d88962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.784,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57637,
    "c": 0.14405,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5823

secondary

#6FACCC

accent

#AFEB3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5823

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

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