#BC5C37#BC5C37

#BC5C37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.134 H 41.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C37
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 35.92, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 52.75, 47.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1012 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.134 41)
XYZ	xyz(25.2581, 18.6246, 5.8785)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C37 #3797BC

analogous

#BC3754 #BC5C37 #BC9F37

triadic

#BC5C37 #37BC5C #5C37BC

tetradic

#BC5C37 #54BC37 #3797BC #9F37BC

square

#BC5C37 #54BC37 #3797BC #9F37BC

split-complementary

#BC5C37 #37BC9F #3754BC

monochromatic

#5D2E1B #8D4529 #BC5C37 #D07F60 #DEA58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC5C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC5C37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C37

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C37	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)

#766A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.134 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c6f',
    500: '#bc5c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c37;
$custom-light: #d68c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.692,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58457,
    "c": 0.13405,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.18621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C37

secondary

#86B6C9

accent

#B5DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C37

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

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