#BC5A38#BC5A38

#BC5A38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.135 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A38
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 37.00, 37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 52.78, 45.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1047 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.135 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1114, 18.2923, 5.9490)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A38 #389ABC

analogous

#BC3858 #BC5A38 #BC9C38

triadic

#BC5A38 #38BC5A #5A38BC

tetradic

#BC5A38 #58BC38 #389ABC #9C38BC

square

#BC5A38 #58BC38 #389ABC #9C38BC

split-complementary

#BC5A38 #38BC9C #3858BC

monochromatic

#5E2D1C #8D432A #BC5A38 #D07E61 #DEA490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A38

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A38	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)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.135 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b70',
    500: '#bc5a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a38;
$custom-light: #d68b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58159,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A38

secondary

#87B8C9

accent

#B8DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A38

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

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