#BC5A25#BC5A25

#BC5A25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.142 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A25
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 37)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 36.17, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 59.32, 52.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.0989 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.142 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7316, 18.1404, 3.9490)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A25 #2587BC

analogous

#BC253B #BC5A25 #BCA625

triadic

#BC5A25 #25BC5A #5A25BC

tetradic

#BC5A25 #3BBC25 #2587BC #A625BC

square

#BC5A25 #3BBC25 #2587BC #A625BC

split-complementary

#BC5A25 #25BCA6 #253BBC

monochromatic

#562911 #89421B #BC5A25 #DA7944 #E49D77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC5A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BC5A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A25

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A25	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)

#76681D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.142 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b64',
    500: '#bc5a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a25;
$custom-light: #d78b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.06,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57961,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A25

secondary

#71ACCC

accent

#AEEA3E

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A25

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

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