#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
RGBrgb(188, 90, 36)
HSLhsl(21, 68%, 44%)
HSVhsv(21, 81%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 52.1%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(49.66, 36.13, 47.46)
CIE-LCHlch(49.66, 59.65, 52.72°)
OKLaboklab(57.95% 0.0987 0.1024)
OKLCHoklch(57.95% 0.142 46)
XYZxyz(24.7161, 18.1342, 3.8674)
Luminance0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##BC5A241.004.544.634.63
#FFFFFF4.541.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6321.001.001.00
##0000004.6321.001.001.00

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

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#BC5A24 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva