#BC5D21#BC5D21

#BC5D21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.141 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D21
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 33)
HSL	hsl(23, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 34.48, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 60.18, 55.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.0933 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.141 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9304, 18.6330, 3.7222)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D21 #2180BC

analogous

#BC2132 #BC5D21 #BCAA21

triadic

#BC5D21 #21BC5D #5D21BC

tetradic

#BC5D21 #32BC21 #2180BC #AA21BC

square

#BC5D21 #32BC21 #2180BC #AA21BC

split-complementary

#BC5D21 #21BCAA #2132BC

monochromatic

#54290F #884318 #BC5D21 #DD7B3D #E69F71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC5D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC5D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D21

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D21	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)

#786A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F801F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.141 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c62',
    500: '#bc5d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d21;
$custom-light: #d78c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.226,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58402,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D21

secondary

#6CA7CD

accent

#A8ED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D21

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

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