#BC5A31#BC5A31

#BC5A31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.138 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A31
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 49)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 36.65, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 55.19, 48.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1024 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.138 42)
XYZ	xyz(24.9520, 18.2285, 5.1096)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A31 #3193BC

analogous

#BC314E #BC5A31 #BCA031

triadic

#BC5A31 #31BC5A #5A31BC

tetradic

#BC5A31 #4EBC31 #3193BC #A031BC

square

#BC5A31 #4EBC31 #3193BC #A031BC

split-complementary

#BC5A31 #31BCA0 #314EBC

monochromatic

#5B2C18 #8B4324 #BC5A31 #D37C57 #E0A288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BC5A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BC5A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A31

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A31	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75692C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.138 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b6b',
    500: '#bc5a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a31;
$custom-light: #d78b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.698,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58076,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.18225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A31

secondary

#7FB4CA

accent

#B4E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A31

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

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