#BC5B31#BC5B31

#BC5B31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.137 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B31
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 49)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 36.14, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 55.01, 48.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1008 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.137 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0369, 18.3984, 5.1379)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B31 #3192BC

analogous

#BC314D #BC5B31 #BCA131

triadic

#BC5B31 #31BC5B #5B31BC

tetradic

#BC5B31 #4DBC31 #3192BC #A131BC

square

#BC5B31 #4DBC31 #3192BC #A131BC

split-complementary

#BC5B31 #31BCA1 #314DBC

monochromatic

#5B2C18 #8B4424 #BC5B31 #D37D57 #E0A288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BC5B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BC5B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B31

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B31	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.137 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b6b',
    500: '#bc5b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b31;
$custom-light: #d78b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.129,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58231,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B31

secondary

#7FB3CA

accent

#B3E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B31

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

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