#BC5D38#BC5D38

#BC5D38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.133 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D38
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 35.45, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 52.22, 47.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.133 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3695, 18.8086, 6.0351)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D38 #3897BC

analogous

#BC3855 #BC5D38 #BC9F38

triadic

#BC5D38 #38BC5D #5D38BC

tetradic

#BC5D38 #55BC38 #3897BC #9F38BC

square

#BC5D38 #55BC38 #3897BC #9F38BC

split-complementary

#BC5D38 #38BC9F #3855BC

monochromatic

#5E2E1C #8D462A #BC5D38 #D08061 #DEA690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC5D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC5D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D38

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D38	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)

#776B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.133 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d70',
    500: '#bc5d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d38;
$custom-light: #d68d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58627,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D38

secondary

#87B6C9

accent

#B4DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D38

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

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