#BC5B23#BC5B23

#BC5B23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.142 H 46.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B23
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 35.58, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 59.82, 53.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.0969 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.142 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7860, 18.2980, 3.8164)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B23 #2384BC

analogous

#BC2337 #BC5B23 #BCA723

triadic

#BC5B23 #23BC5B #5B23BC

tetradic

#BC5B23 #37BC23 #2384BC #A723BC

square

#BC5B23 #37BC23 #2384BC #A723BC

split-complementary

#BC5B23 #23BCA7 #2337BC

monochromatic

#552910 #884219 #BC5B23 #DC7941 #E59E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B23

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B23	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)

#77691B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.142 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b62',
    500: '#bc5b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b23;
$custom-light: #d88b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.961,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58101,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B23

secondary

#6FAACC

accent

#ABEB3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B23

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

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