#BC5833#BC5833

#BC5833 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.139 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5833
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 37.77, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 54.87, 46.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1062 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.139 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8287, 17.9129, 5.2814)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5833 #3397BC

analogous

#BC3353 #BC5833 #BC9C33

triadic

#BC5833 #33BC58 #5833BC

tetradic

#BC5833 #53BC33 #3397BC #9C33BC

square

#BC5833 #53BC33 #3397BC #9C33BC

split-complementary

#BC5833 #33BC9C #3353BC

monochromatic

#5C2B19 #8C4126 #BC5833 #D27A5A #DFA18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC5833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC5833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5833

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5833	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73682F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.139 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7896c',
    500: '#bc5833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5833;
$custom-light: #d7896c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.204,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57792,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5833

secondary

#81B6C9

accent

#B7E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5833

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

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