#BC5A24#BC5A24

#BC5A24 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.142 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A24
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 36)
HSL	hsl(21, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 36.13, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 59.65, 52.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.0987 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.142 46)
XYZ	xyz(24.7161, 18.1342, 3.8674)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A24 #2486BC

analogous

#BC243A #BC5A24 #BCA624

triadic

#BC5A24 #24BC5A #5A24BC

tetradic

#BC5A24 #3ABC24 #2486BC #A624BC

square

#BC5A24 #3ABC24 #2486BC #A624BC

split-complementary

#BC5A24 #24BCA6 #243ABC

monochromatic

#552910 #89411A #BC5A24 #DB7942 #E59D76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC5A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BC5A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A24

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A24	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)

#76681C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.142 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a63',
    500: '#bc5a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a24;
$custom-light: #d88a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.316,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57953,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.18131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A24

secondary

#70ABCC

accent

#ADEB3D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A24

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

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