#BC5936#BC5936

#BC5936 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.137 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5936
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 37.41, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 53.66, 45.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1056 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.137 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9796, 18.1056, 5.6686)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5936 #3699BC

analogous

#BC3656 #BC5936 #BC9C36

triadic

#BC5936 #36BC59 #5936BC

tetradic

#BC5936 #56BC36 #3699BC #9C36BC

square

#BC5936 #56BC36 #3699BC #9C36BC

split-complementary

#BC5936 #36BC9C #3656BC

monochromatic

#5D2C1B #8C4228 #BC5936 #D17C5E #DFA38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BC5936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BC5936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5936

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5936	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)

#746832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.137 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a6e',
    500: '#bc5936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5936;
$custom-light: #d78a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.672,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5798,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5936

secondary

#85B7C9

accent

#B8DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5936

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

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