#BC5B38#BC5B38

#BC5B38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.135 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B38
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 36.49, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 52.59, 46.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.1032 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.135 40)
XYZ	xyz(25.1963, 18.4621, 5.9773)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B38 #3899BC

analogous

#BC3857 #BC5B38 #BC9D38

triadic

#BC5B38 #38BC5B #5B38BC

tetradic

#BC5B38 #57BC38 #3899BC #9D38BC

square

#BC5B38 #57BC38 #3899BC #9D38BC

split-complementary

#BC5B38 #38BC9D #3857BC

monochromatic

#5E2D1C #8D442A #BC5B38 #D07F61 #DEA590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B38

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B38	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)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.135 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b70',
    500: '#bc5b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b38;
$custom-light: #d68b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58314,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.18459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B38

secondary

#87B7C9

accent

#B6DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B38

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

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