#BC5C23#BC5C23

#BC5C23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.141 H 47.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C23
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 35)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 35.06, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 59.67, 54.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.0953 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.141 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8720, 18.4701, 3.8451)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C23 #2383BC

analogous

#BC2336 #BC5C23 #BCA823

triadic

#BC5C23 #23BC5C #5C23BC

tetradic

#BC5C23 #36BC23 #2383BC #A823BC

square

#BC5C23 #36BC23 #2383BC #A823BC

split-complementary

#BC5C23 #23BCA8 #2336BC

monochromatic

#552A10 #884319 #BC5C23 #DC7A41 #E59E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC5C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C23

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C23	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	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)

#776A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F7F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.141 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c63',
    500: '#bc5c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c23;
$custom-light: #d78c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.353,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58259,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C23

secondary

#6FA9CC

accent

#AAEB3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C23

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

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