#BC5A33#BC5A33

#BC5A33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.137 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A33
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 51)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 36.75, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 54.50, 47.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.1031 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.137 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9951, 18.2458, 5.3369)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A33 #3395BC

analogous

#BC3351 #BC5A33 #BC9F33

triadic

#BC5A33 #33BC5A #5A33BC

tetradic

#BC5A33 #51BC33 #3395BC #9F33BC

square

#BC5A33 #51BC33 #3395BC #9F33BC

split-complementary

#BC5A33 #33BC9F #3351BC

monochromatic

#5C2C19 #8C4326 #BC5A33 #D27C5A #DFA28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BC5A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BC5A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A33

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A33	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)

#75692F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.137 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b6c',
    500: '#bc5a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a33;
$custom-light: #d78b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.08,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58099,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A33

secondary

#81B5C9

accent

#B5E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A33

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

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