#BC5935#BC5935

#BC5935 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.137 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5935
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 37.36, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 54.00, 46.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.1053 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.137 40)
XYZ	xyz(24.9564, 18.0963, 5.5462)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5935 #3598BC

analogous

#BC3554 #BC5935 #BC9D35

triadic

#BC5935 #35BC59 #5935BC

tetradic

#BC5935 #54BC35 #3598BC #9D35BC

square

#BC5935 #54BC35 #3598BC #9D35BC

split-complementary

#BC5935 #35BC9D #3554BC

monochromatic

#5D2C1A #8C4228 #BC5935 #D17C5D #DFA38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BC5935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BC5935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5935

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5935	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.137 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a6e',
    500: '#bc5935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5935;
$custom-light: #d78a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57968,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.18093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5935

secondary

#84B7C9

accent

#B7DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5935

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

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