#BC5A36#BC5A36

#BC5A36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.136 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A36
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 36.90, 38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 53.46, 46.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.1041 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.136 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0634, 18.2731, 5.6965)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A36 #3698BC

analogous

#BC3655 #BC5A36 #BC9D36

triadic

#BC5A36 #36BC5A #5A36BC

tetradic

#BC5A36 #55BC36 #3698BC #9D36BC

square

#BC5A36 #55BC36 #3698BC #9D36BC

split-complementary

#BC5A36 #36BC9D #3655BC

monochromatic

#5D2C1B #8C4328 #BC5A36 #D17D5E #DFA48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BC5A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A36

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A36	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)

#756932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.136 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b6e',
    500: '#bc5a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a36;
$custom-light: #d78b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.119,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58134,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A36

secondary

#85B7C9

accent

#B7DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A36

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

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