#BC5A20#BC5A20

#BC5A20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.143 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A20
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 32)
HSL	hsl(22, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(22, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 36.00, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 60.95, 53.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.0977 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.143 47)
XYZ	xyz(24.6584, 18.1111, 3.5635)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A20 #2082BC

analogous

#BC2034 #BC5A20 #BCA820

triadic

#BC5A20 #20BC5A #5A20BC

tetradic

#BC5A20 #34BC20 #2082BC #A820BC

square

#BC5A20 #34BC20 #2082BC #A820BC

split-complementary

#BC5A20 #20BCA8 #2034BC

monochromatic

#53280E #884117 #BC5A20 #DE783B #E79C70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC5A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BC5A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A20

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A20	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)

#766817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.143 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a61',
    500: '#bc5a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a20;
$custom-light: #d88a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.308,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57923,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.18108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A20

secondary

#6BA9CD

accent

#ABEE3A

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A20

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

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