#BC5B20#BC5B20

#BC5B20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.143 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B20
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 32)
HSL	hsl(23, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 35.49, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 60.80, 54.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.0962 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.143 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7433, 18.2810, 3.5918)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B20 #2081BC

analogous

#BC2033 #BC5B20 #BCA920

triadic

#BC5B20 #20BC5B #5B20BC

tetradic

#BC5B20 #33BC20 #2081BC #A920BC

square

#BC5B20 #33BC20 #2081BC #A920BC

split-complementary

#BC5B20 #20BCA9 #2033BC

monochromatic

#53280E #884217 #BC5B20 #DE793B #E79D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B20

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B20	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)

#776916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF454F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.143 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b61',
    500: '#bc5b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b20;
$custom-light: #d88b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.692,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58079,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B20

secondary

#6BA8CD

accent

#AAEE3A

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B20

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

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