#BC5C39#BC5C39

#BC5C39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.133 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C39
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 36.03, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 52.06, 46.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1019 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.133 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3070, 18.6441, 6.1361)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C39 #3999BC

analogous

#BC3957 #BC5C39 #BC9E39

triadic

#BC5C39 #39BC5C #5C39BC

tetradic

#BC5C39 #57BC39 #3999BC #9E39BC

square

#BC5C39 #57BC39 #3999BC #9E39BC

split-complementary

#BC5C39 #39BC9E #3957BC

monochromatic

#5E2E1D #8D452B #BC5C39 #D08063 #DEA692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC5C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC5C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C39

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C39	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)

#766B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.133 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c71',
    500: '#bc5c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c39;
$custom-light: #d68c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.031,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58482,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C39

secondary

#88B7C9

accent

#B6DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C39

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

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