#BC5938#BC5938

#BC5938 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.136 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5938
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 37.52, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 52.98, 44.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1063 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.136 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0276, 18.1247, 5.9211)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5938 #389BBC

analogous

#BC3859 #BC5938 #BC9B38

triadic

#BC5938 #38BC59 #5938BC

tetradic

#BC5938 #59BC38 #389BBC #9B38BC

square

#BC5938 #59BC38 #389BBC #9B38BC

split-complementary

#BC5938 #38BC9B #3859BC

monochromatic

#5E2C1C #8D432A #BC5938 #D07D61 #DEA490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC5938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BC5938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5938

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5938	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)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.136 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a70',
    500: '#bc5938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5938;
$custom-light: #d68a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58005,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5938

secondary

#87B8C9

accent

#B9DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5938

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

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