#BC5A21#BC5A21

#BC5A21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.143 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC5A21
RGBrgb(188, 90, 33)
HSLhsl(22, 70%, 43%)
HSVhsv(22, 82%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 52.1%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(49.64, 36.03, 48.76)
CIE-LCHlch(49.64, 60.63, 53.54°)
OKLaboklab(57.93% 0.0979 0.1043)
OKLCHoklch(57.93% 0.143 46.8)
XYZxyz(24.6722, 18.1166, 3.6362)
Luminance0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC5A21 #2183BC
analogous
#BC2135 #BC5A21 #BCA821
triadic
#BC5A21 #21BC5A #5A21BC
tetradic
#BC5A21 #35BC21 #2183BC #A821BC
square
#BC5A21 #35BC21 #2183BC #A821BC
split-complementary
#BC5A21 #21BCA8 #2135BC
monochromatic
#54280F #884118 #BC5A21 #DD783D #E69C71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54
#BC5A21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62
#BC5A21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A21
4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC5A21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC5A211.004.544.624.62
#FFFFFF4.541.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6221.001.001.00
##0000004.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#766818
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8E7E1E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF444F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc5a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.143 46.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a61',
    500: '#bc5a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc5a21;
$custom-light: #d88a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc5a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.065,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5793,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC5A21
secondary
#6CA9CD
accent
#ABED3B
background
#FEF8F5
surface
#FCF0EA
border
#D5CBC6
text
#160C05
muted
#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A21

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#BC5A21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva