#BC5E21#BC5E21

#BC5E21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.140 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E21
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 33)
HSL	hsl(24, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 33.96, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 60.04, 55.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0917 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.14 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0187, 18.8097, 3.7517)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E21 #217FBC

analogous

#BC2131 #BC5E21 #BCAB21

triadic

#BC5E21 #21BC5E #5E21BC

tetradic

#BC5E21 #31BC21 #217FBC #AB21BC

square

#BC5E21 #31BC21 #217FBC #AB21BC

split-complementary

#BC5E21 #21BCAB #2131BC

monochromatic

#542A0F #884418 #BC5E21 #DD7C3D #E69F71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC5E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC5E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E21

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E21	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)

#796B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90801F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.140 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d62',
    500: '#bc5e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e21;
$custom-light: #d78d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.613,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58562,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E21

secondary

#6CA7CD

accent

#A7ED3B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E21

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

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