#BC5C21#BC5C21

#BC5C21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.142 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C21
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 33)
HSL	hsl(23, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 35.00, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 60.33, 54.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.0948 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.142 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8432, 18.4586, 3.6932)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C21 #2181BC

analogous

#BC2133 #BC5C21 #BCA921

triadic

#BC5C21 #21BC5C #5C21BC

tetradic

#BC5C21 #33BC21 #2181BC #A921BC

square

#BC5C21 #33BC21 #2181BC #A921BC

split-complementary

#BC5C21 #21BCA9 #2133BC

monochromatic

#54290F #884318 #BC5C21 #DD7A3D #E69E71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C21

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C21	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)

#776A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F7F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.142 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88c61',
    500: '#bc5c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c21;
$custom-light: #d88c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.839,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58244,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C21

secondary

#6CA8CD

accent

#A9ED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C21

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

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