#BC5B37#BC5B37

#BC5B37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.135 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B37
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 36.44, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 52.93, 46.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1028 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.135 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1721, 18.4524, 5.8498)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B37 #3798BC

analogous

#BC3755 #BC5B37 #BC9E37

triadic

#BC5B37 #37BC5B #5B37BC

tetradic

#BC5B37 #55BC37 #3798BC #9E37BC

square

#BC5B37 #55BC37 #3798BC #9E37BC

split-complementary

#BC5B37 #37BC9E #3755BC

monochromatic

#5D2D1B #8D4429 #BC5B37 #D07E60 #DEA58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B37

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B37	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)

#756A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.135 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b6f',
    500: '#bc5b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b37;
$custom-light: #d68b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.241,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58301,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B37

secondary

#86B7C9

accent

#B6DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B37

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

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