#BC5937#BC5937

#BC5937 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.137 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5937
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 37.46, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 53.32, 45.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.106 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.137 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0034, 18.1151, 5.7936)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5937 #379ABC

analogous

#BC3758 #BC5937 #BC9B37

triadic

#BC5937 #37BC59 #5937BC

tetradic

#BC5937 #58BC37 #379ABC #9B37BC

square

#BC5937 #58BC37 #379ABC #9B37BC

split-complementary

#BC5937 #37BC9B #3758BC

monochromatic

#5D2C1B #8D4329 #BC5937 #D07D60 #DEA38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BC5937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5937

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5937	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	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)

#746933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.137 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a6f',
    500: '#bc5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5937;
$custom-light: #d78a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.338,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57993,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5937

secondary

#86B8C9

accent

#B8DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5937

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

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