#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
RGBrgb(188, 92, 33)
HSLhsl(23, 70%, 43%)
HSVhsv(23, 82%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 51.1%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(50.05, 35.00, 49.13)
CIE-LCHlch(50.05, 60.33, 54.54°)
OKLaboklab(58.24% 0.0948 0.1051)
OKLCHoklch(58.24% 0.142 47.9)
XYZxyz(24.8432, 18.4586, 3.6932)
Luminance0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##BC5C211.004.484.694.69
#FFFFFF4.481.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6921.001.001.00
##0000004.6921.001.001.00

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

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#BC5C21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva