#BC5A23#BC5A23

#BC5A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.142 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A23
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 35)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 36.10, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 59.98, 53.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.0984 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.142 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7011, 18.1282, 3.7881)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A23 #2385BC

analogous

#BC2338 #BC5A23 #BCA623

triadic

#BC5A23 #23BC5A #5A23BC

tetradic

#BC5A23 #38BC23 #2385BC #A623BC

square

#BC5A23 #38BC23 #2385BC #A623BC

split-complementary

#BC5A23 #23BCA6 #2338BC

monochromatic

#552910 #884119 #BC5A23 #DC7841 #E59D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC5A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BC5A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A23

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A23	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76681B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.142 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a62',
    500: '#bc5a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a23;
$custom-light: #d88a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.569,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57945,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A23

secondary

#6FABCC

accent

#ADEB3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A23

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

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