#BC5B36#BC5B36

#BC5B36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.135 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B36
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 36.38, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 53.28, 46.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1025 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.135 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1483, 18.4430, 5.7248)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B36 #3697BC

analogous

#BC3654 #BC5B36 #BC9E36

triadic

#BC5B36 #36BC5B #5B36BC

tetradic

#BC5B36 #54BC36 #3697BC #9E36BC

square

#BC5B36 #54BC36 #3697BC #9E36BC

split-complementary

#BC5B36 #36BC9E #3654BC

monochromatic

#5D2D1B #8C4428 #BC5B36 #D17E5E #DFA48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B36

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B36	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)

#756A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.135 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b6e',
    500: '#bc5b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b36;
$custom-light: #d68b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.567,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58289,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B36

secondary

#85B6C9

accent

#B5DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B36

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

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