#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
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 33)
HSL	hsl(22, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(22, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 36.03, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 60.63, 53.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.0979 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.143 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6722, 18.1166, 3.6362)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##BC5A21	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)

#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

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

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