#BC5835#BC5835

#BC5835 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.138 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5835
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 37.87, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 54.19, 45.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1069 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.138 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8737, 17.9310, 5.5186)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5835 #3599BC

analogous

#BC3555 #BC5835 #BC9C35

triadic

#BC5835 #35BC58 #5835BC

tetradic

#BC5835 #55BC35 #3599BC #9C35BC

square

#BC5835 #55BC35 #3599BC #9C35BC

split-complementary

#BC5835 #35BC9C #3555BC

monochromatic

#5D2B1A #8C4228 #BC5835 #D17B5D #DFA28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC5835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC5835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5835

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5835	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.138 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7896e',
    500: '#bc5835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5835;
$custom-light: #d7896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57816,
    "c": 0.13829,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5835

secondary

#84B7C9

accent

#B8DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5835

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

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