#BC5C34#BC5C34

#BC5C34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.135 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C34
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 52)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 35.77, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 53.79, 48.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1002 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.135 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1884, 18.5967, 5.5112)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C34 #3494BC

analogous

#BC3450 #BC5C34 #BCA034

triadic

#BC5C34 #34BC5C #5C34BC

tetradic

#BC5C34 #50BC34 #3494BC #A034BC

square

#BC5C34 #50BC34 #3494BC #A034BC

split-complementary

#BC5C34 #34BCA0 #3450BC

monochromatic

#5C2D19 #8C4527 #BC5C34 #D27E5B #DFA48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC5C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC5C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C34

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C34	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)

#766A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.135 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c6d',
    500: '#bc5c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c34;
$custom-light: #d78c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58421,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C34

secondary

#83B4C9

accent

#B3E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C34

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

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