#BC5831#BC5831

#BC5831 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.140 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5831
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 49)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 37.68, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 55.56, 47.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1055 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.14 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7855, 17.8957, 5.0541)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5831 #3195BC

analogous

#BC314F #BC5831 #BC9E31

triadic

#BC5831 #31BC58 #5831BC

tetradic

#BC5831 #4FBC31 #3195BC #9E31BC

square

#BC5831 #4FBC31 #3195BC #9E31BC

split-complementary

#BC5831 #31BC9E #314FBC

monochromatic

#5B2B18 #8B4124 #BC5831 #D37A57 #E0A088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BC5831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC5831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5831

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5831	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73682C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.140 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7896b',
    500: '#bc5831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5831;
$custom-light: #d7896b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.835,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57769,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5831

secondary

#7FB5CA

accent

#B6E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5831

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

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