#BC5A29#BC5A29

#BC5A29 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.141 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A29
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 41)
HSL	hsl(20, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 36.31, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 57.96, 51.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.141 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7979, 18.1669, 4.2981)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A29 #298BBC

analogous

#BC2942 #BC5A29 #BCA429

triadic

#BC5A29 #29BC5A #5A29BC

tetradic

#BC5A29 #42BC29 #298BBC #A429BC

square

#BC5A29 #42BC29 #298BBC #A429BC

split-complementary

#BC5A29 #29BCA4 #2942BC

monochromatic

#582A13 #8A421E #BC5A29 #D87A4B #E39F7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BC5A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BC5A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A29

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A29	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	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)

#766923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.141 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b66',
    500: '#bc5a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a29;
$custom-light: #d78b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57996,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A29

secondary

#76AFCB

accent

#B0E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A29

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

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