#BC5B33#BC5B33

#BC5B33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.136 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B33
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 51)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 36.23, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 54.32, 48.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.1015 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.136 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0800, 18.4156, 5.3652)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B33 #3394BC

analogous

#BC3350 #BC5B33 #BCA033

triadic

#BC5B33 #33BC5B #5B33BC

tetradic

#BC5B33 #50BC33 #3394BC #A033BC

square

#BC5B33 #50BC33 #3394BC #A033BC

split-complementary

#BC5B33 #33BCA0 #3350BC

monochromatic

#5C2C19 #8C4426 #BC5B33 #D27D5A #DFA38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BC5B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B33

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B33	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#766A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.136 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b6c',
    500: '#bc5b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b33;
$custom-light: #d78b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.518,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58254,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B33

secondary

#81B4C9

accent

#B4E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B33

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

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