#BC5B21#BC5B21

#BC5B21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.142 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC5B21
RGBrgb(188, 91, 33)
HSLhsl(22, 70%, 43%)
HSVhsv(22, 82%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 51.6%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(49.84, 35.52, 48.95)
CIE-LCHlch(49.84, 60.48, 54.03°)
OKLaboklab(58.09% 0.0964 0.1047)
OKLCHoklch(58.09% 0.142 47.4)
XYZxyz(24.7571, 18.2865, 3.6645)
Luminance0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC5B21 #2182BC
analogous
#BC2134 #BC5B21 #BCA821
triadic
#BC5B21 #21BC5B #5B21BC
tetradic
#BC5B21 #34BC21 #2182BC #A821BC
square
#BC5B21 #34BC21 #2182BC #A821BC
split-complementary
#BC5B21 #21BCA8 #2134BC
monochromatic
#54290F #884218 #BC5B21 #DD793D #E69D71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51
#BC5B21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66
#BC5B21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B21
4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC5B21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC5B211.004.514.664.66
#FFFFFF4.511.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6621.001.001.00
##0000004.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#776918
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8E7F1E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF4550
Achromatopsia (no color)
#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc5b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.142 47.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b61',
    500: '#bc5b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc5b21;
$custom-light: #d88b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc5b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.452,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58086,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC5B21
secondary
#6CA9CD
accent
#AAED3B
background
#FEF8F5
surface
#FCF0EA
border
#D5CBC6
text
#160C05
muted
#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B21

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#BC5B21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva