#BC5B35#BC5B35

#BC5B35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.136 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B35
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 36.33, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 53.62, 47.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1021 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.136 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1251, 18.4337, 5.6024)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B35 #3596BC

analogous

#BC3552 #BC5B35 #BC9F35

triadic

#BC5B35 #35BC5B #5B35BC

tetradic

#BC5B35 #52BC35 #3596BC #9F35BC

square

#BC5B35 #52BC35 #3596BC #9F35BC

split-complementary

#BC5B35 #35BC9F #3552BC

monochromatic

#5D2D1A #8C4428 #BC5B35 #D17E5D #DFA48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B35

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B35	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.136 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b6e',
    500: '#bc5b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b35;
$custom-light: #d78b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58277,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B35

secondary

#84B6C9

accent

#B5DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B35

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →