#BC5C36#BC5C36

#BC5C36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.134 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C36
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 35.87, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 53.09, 47.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1009 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.134 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2344, 18.6151, 5.7535)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C36 #3696BC

analogous

#BC3653 #BC5C36 #BC9F36

triadic

#BC5C36 #36BC5C #5C36BC

tetradic

#BC5C36 #53BC36 #3696BC #9F36BC

square

#BC5C36 #53BC36 #3696BC #9F36BC

split-complementary

#BC5C36 #36BC9F #3653BC

monochromatic

#5D2D1B #8C4528 #BC5C36 #D17F5E #DFA58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC5C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC5C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C36

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C36	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)

#766A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.134 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c6f',
    500: '#bc5c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c36;
$custom-light: #d68c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.015,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58445,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C36

secondary

#85B6C9

accent

#B4DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C36

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

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