#BC5A34#BC5A34

#BC5A34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.137 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A34
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 52)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 36.80, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 54.15, 47.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1034 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.137 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0174, 18.2547, 5.4542)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A34 #3496BC

analogous

#BC3452 #BC5A34 #BC9E34

triadic

#BC5A34 #34BC5A #5A34BC

tetradic

#BC5A34 #52BC34 #3496BC #9E34BC

square

#BC5A34 #52BC34 #3496BC #9E34BC

split-complementary

#BC5A34 #34BC9E #3452BC

monochromatic

#5C2C19 #8C4327 #BC5A34 #D27D5B #DFA38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BC5A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BC5A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A34

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A34	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)

#756930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.137 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b6d',
    500: '#bc5a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a34;
$custom-light: #d78b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5811,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A34

secondary

#83B5C9

accent

#B5E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A34

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

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