#BC5B25#BC5B25

#BC5B25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.141 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B25
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 37)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 35.65, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 59.16, 52.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.0974 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.141 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8165, 18.3102, 3.9773)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B25 #2586BC

analogous

#BC253B #BC5B25 #BCA725

triadic

#BC5B25 #25BC5B #5B25BC

tetradic

#BC5B25 #3BBC25 #2586BC #A725BC

square

#BC5B25 #3BBC25 #2586BC #A725BC

split-complementary

#BC5B25 #25BCA7 #253BBC

monochromatic

#562911 #89421B #BC5B25 #DA7A44 #E49E77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B25

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B25	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)

#77691D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.141 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b64',
    500: '#bc5b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b25;
$custom-light: #d78b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.457,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58117,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B25

secondary

#71ABCC

accent

#ACEA3E

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B25

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

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