#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
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 33)
HSL	hsl(22, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(22, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 35.52, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 60.48, 54.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.0964 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.142 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7571, 18.2865, 3.6645)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BC5B21	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)

#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

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

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