#BC5A35#BC5A35

#BC5A35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.137 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A35
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 36.85, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 53.81, 46.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1037 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.137 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0402, 18.2638, 5.5741)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A35 #3597BC

analogous

#BC3554 #BC5A35 #BC9D35

triadic

#BC5A35 #35BC5A #5A35BC

tetradic

#BC5A35 #54BC35 #3597BC #9D35BC

square

#BC5A35 #54BC35 #3597BC #9D35BC

split-complementary

#BC5A35 #35BC9D #3554BC

monochromatic

#5D2C1A #8C4328 #BC5A35 #D17D5D #DFA38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BC5A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A35

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A35	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	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)

#756931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.137 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b6e',
    500: '#bc5a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a35;
$custom-light: #d78b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58122,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A35

secondary

#84B6C9

accent

#B6DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A35

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

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