#BC5A37#BC5A37

#BC5A37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.136 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A37
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 36.95, 38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 53.12, 45.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1044 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.136 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0871, 18.2826, 5.8215)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A37 #3799BC

analogous

#BC3757 #BC5A37 #BC9C37

triadic

#BC5A37 #37BC5A #5A37BC

tetradic

#BC5A37 #57BC37 #3799BC #9C37BC

square

#BC5A37 #57BC37 #3799BC #9C37BC

split-complementary

#BC5A37 #37BC9C #3757BC

monochromatic

#5D2D1B #8D4329 #BC5A37 #D07D60 #DEA48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A37

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A37	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.136 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b6f',
    500: '#bc5a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a37;
$custom-light: #d68b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58146,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A37

secondary

#86B7C9

accent

#B7DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A37

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

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