#BC5E20#BC5E20

#BC5E20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.140 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E20
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 32)
HSL	hsl(24, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 33.93, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 60.36, 55.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0915 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.14 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0049, 18.8042, 3.6790)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E20 #207EBC

analogous

#BC2030 #BC5E20 #BCAC20

triadic

#BC5E20 #20BC5E #5E20BC

tetradic

#BC5E20 #30BC20 #207EBC #AC20BC

square

#BC5E20 #30BC20 #207EBC #AC20BC

split-complementary

#BC5E20 #20BCAC #2030BC

monochromatic

#532A0E #884417 #BC5E20 #DE7C3B #E79F70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC5E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC5E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E20

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E20	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)

#796B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90801E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.140 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d61',
    500: '#bc5e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e20;
$custom-light: #d78d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.846,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58555,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E20

secondary

#6BA6CD

accent

#A6EE3A

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E20

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

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