#BC5D37#BC5D37

#BC5D37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.133 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D37
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 35.40, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 52.56, 47.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.0996 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.133 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3453, 18.7990, 5.9075)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D37 #3796BC

analogous

#BC3753 #BC5D37 #BCA037

triadic

#BC5D37 #37BC5D #5D37BC

tetradic

#BC5D37 #53BC37 #3796BC #A037BC

square

#BC5D37 #53BC37 #3796BC #A037BC

split-complementary

#BC5D37 #37BCA0 #3753BC

monochromatic

#5D2E1B #8D4629 #BC5D37 #D08060 #DEA68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC5D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC5D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D37

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D37	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)

#776B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.133 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6f',
    500: '#bc5d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d37;
$custom-light: #d68d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58615,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D37

secondary

#86B6C9

accent

#B4DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D37

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

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