#BC5D23#BC5D23

#BC5D23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.140 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D23
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 35)
HSL	hsl(23, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 34.54, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 59.52, 54.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.0937 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.14 48)
XYZ	xyz(24.9592, 18.6445, 3.8742)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D23 #2382BC

analogous

#BC2335 #BC5D23 #BCA923

triadic

#BC5D23 #23BC5D #5D23BC

tetradic

#BC5D23 #35BC23 #2382BC #A923BC

square

#BC5D23 #35BC23 #2382BC #A923BC

split-complementary

#BC5D23 #23BCA9 #2335BC

monochromatic

#552A10 #884319 #BC5D23 #DC7B41 #E59F74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC5D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC5D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D23

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D23	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)

#786A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.140 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c63',
    500: '#bc5d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d23;
$custom-light: #d78c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.745,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58417,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.18641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D23

secondary

#6FA9CC

accent

#A9EB3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D23

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

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