#BC5B34#BC5B34

#BC5B34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.136 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B34
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 52)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 36.28, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 53.97, 47.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1018 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.136 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1023, 18.4246, 5.4825)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B34 #3495BC

analogous

#BC3451 #BC5B34 #BC9F34

triadic

#BC5B34 #34BC5B #5B34BC

tetradic

#BC5B34 #51BC34 #3495BC #9F34BC

square

#BC5B34 #51BC34 #3495BC #9F34BC

split-complementary

#BC5B34 #34BC9F #3451BC

monochromatic

#5C2D19 #8C4427 #BC5B34 #D27D5B #DFA38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BC5B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B34

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B34	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)

#766A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.136 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b6d',
    500: '#bc5b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b34;
$custom-light: #d78b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.206,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58265,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B34

secondary

#83B5C9

accent

#B4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B34

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

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