#BC5A39#BC5A39

#BC5A39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.135 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A39
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 57)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 37.06, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 52.45, 45.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1051 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.135 39)
XYZ	xyz(25.1361, 18.3022, 6.0791)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A39 #399BBC

analogous

#BC3959 #BC5A39 #BC9C39

triadic

#BC5A39 #39BC5A #5A39BC

tetradic

#BC5A39 #59BC39 #399BBC #9C39BC

square

#BC5A39 #59BC39 #399BBC #9C39BC

split-complementary

#BC5A39 #39BC9C #3959BC

monochromatic

#5E2D1D #8D442B #BC5A39 #D07E63 #DEA592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A39

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A39	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)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.135 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b70',
    500: '#bc5a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a39;
$custom-light: #d68b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.115,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58172,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.18299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A39

secondary

#88B8C9

accent

#B8DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A39

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

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