#BC5C33#BC5C33

#BC5C33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.135 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C33
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 51)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 35.72, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 54.14, 48.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.0999 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.135 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1661, 18.5877, 5.3939)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C33 #3393BC

analogous

#BC334F #BC5C33 #BCA133

triadic

#BC5C33 #33BC5C #5C33BC

tetradic

#BC5C33 #4FBC33 #3393BC #A133BC

square

#BC5C33 #4FBC33 #3393BC #A133BC

split-complementary

#BC5C33 #33BCA1 #334FBC

monochromatic

#5C2D19 #8C4426 #BC5C33 #D27E5A #DFA48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC5C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC5C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C33

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C33	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.135 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c6d',
    500: '#bc5c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c33;
$custom-light: #d78c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.956,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5841,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C33

secondary

#81B4C9

accent

#B3E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C33

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

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