#BC5836#BC5836

#BC5836 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.138 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5836
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 37.92, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 53.85, 45.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1072 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.138 39)
XYZ	xyz(24.8970, 17.9403, 5.6411)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5836 #369ABC

analogous

#BC3657 #BC5836 #BC9B36

triadic

#BC5836 #36BC58 #5836BC

tetradic

#BC5836 #57BC36 #369ABC #9B36BC

square

#BC5836 #57BC36 #369ABC #9B36BC

split-complementary

#BC5836 #36BC9B #3657BC

monochromatic

#5D2B1B #8C4228 #BC5836 #D17B5E #DFA28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC5836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC5836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5836

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5836	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)

#736832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.138 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7896e',
    500: '#bc5836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5836;
$custom-light: #d7896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.224,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57828,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.17937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5836

secondary

#85B8C9

accent

#B9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5836

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

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