#BC5A32#BC5A32

#BC5A32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.138 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A32
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 50)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 36.70, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 54.84, 48.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1027 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.138 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9733, 18.2371, 5.2220)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A32 #3294BC

analogous

#BC324F #BC5A32 #BC9F32

triadic

#BC5A32 #32BC5A #5A32BC

tetradic

#BC5A32 #4FBC32 #3294BC #9F32BC

square

#BC5A32 #4FBC32 #3294BC #9F32BC

split-complementary

#BC5A32 #32BC9F #324FBC

monochromatic

#5B2C18 #8C4325 #BC5A32 #D37C58 #E0A289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BC5A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BC5A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A32

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A32	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75692D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.138 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b6c',
    500: '#bc5a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a32;
$custom-light: #d78b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.391,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58087,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A32

secondary

#80B4C9

accent

#B4E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A32

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

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