#BC5C38#BC5C38

#BC5C38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.134 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C38
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 35.97, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 52.40, 46.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1016 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.134 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2823, 18.6342, 6.0060)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C38 #3898BC

analogous

#BC3856 #BC5C38 #BC9E38

triadic

#BC5C38 #38BC5C #5C38BC

tetradic

#BC5C38 #56BC38 #3898BC #9E38BC

square

#BC5C38 #56BC38 #3898BC #9E38BC

split-complementary

#BC5C38 #38BC9E #3856BC

monochromatic

#5E2E1C #8D452A #BC5C38 #D07F61 #DEA690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC5C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC5C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C38

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C38	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.134 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c70',
    500: '#bc5c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c38;
$custom-light: #d68c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5847,
    "c": 0.13369,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C38

secondary

#87B7C9

accent

#B5DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C38

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

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