#BC5D36#BC5D36

#BC5D36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.134 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D36
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 35.35, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 52.91, 48.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.0993 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.134 42)
XYZ	xyz(25.3216, 18.7895, 5.7826)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D36 #3695BC

analogous

#BC3652 #BC5D36 #BCA036

triadic

#BC5D36 #36BC5D #5D36BC

tetradic

#BC5D36 #52BC36 #3695BC #A036BC

square

#BC5D36 #52BC36 #3695BC #A036BC

split-complementary

#BC5D36 #36BCA0 #3652BC

monochromatic

#5D2E1B #8C4528 #BC5D36 #D1805E #DFA58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC5D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC5D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D36

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D36	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.134 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6f',
    500: '#bc5d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d36;
$custom-light: #d68d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.463,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58602,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.18786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D36

secondary

#85B5C9

accent

#B3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D36

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

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