#BC5C20#BC5C20

#BC5C20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.142 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C20
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 32)
HSL	hsl(23, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 34.97, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 60.65, 54.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.0946 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.142 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8294, 18.4531, 3.6205)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C20 #2080BC

analogous

#BC2032 #BC5C20 #BCAA20

triadic

#BC5C20 #20BC5C #5C20BC

tetradic

#BC5C20 #32BC20 #2080BC #AA20BC

square

#BC5C20 #32BC20 #2080BC #AA20BC

split-complementary

#BC5C20 #20BCAA #2032BC

monochromatic

#53290E #884217 #BC5C20 #DE7A3B #E79D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5C20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C20

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C20	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)

#786A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F7F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.142 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88c61',
    500: '#bc5c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c20;
$custom-light: #d88c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58237,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C20

secondary

#6BA7CD

accent

#A9EE3A

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C20

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

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