#BC5C35#BC5C35

#BC5C35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.135 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C35
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 35.82, 39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 53.44, 47.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1006 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.135 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2111, 18.6058, 5.6311)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C35 #3595BC

analogous

#BC3552 #BC5C35 #BC9F35

triadic

#BC5C35 #35BC5C #5C35BC

tetradic

#BC5C35 #52BC35 #3595BC #9F35BC

square

#BC5C35 #52BC35 #3595BC #9F35BC

split-complementary

#BC5C35 #35BC9F #3552BC

monochromatic

#5D2D1A #8C4528 #BC5C35 #D17F5D #DFA48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC5C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC5C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C35

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C35	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)

#766A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.135 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c6e',
    500: '#bc5c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c35;
$custom-light: #d78c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58433,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C35

secondary

#84B5C9

accent

#B4DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C35

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

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