#BC5E24#BC5E24

#BC5E24 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.139 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E24
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 36)
HSL	hsl(23, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 34.06, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 59.05, 54.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.0924 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.139 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0626, 18.8272, 3.9829)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E24 #2482BC

analogous

#BC2436 #BC5E24 #BCAA24

triadic

#BC5E24 #24BC5E #5E24BC

tetradic

#BC5E24 #36BC24 #2482BC #AA24BC

square

#BC5E24 #36BC24 #2482BC #AA24BC

split-complementary

#BC5E24 #24BCAA #2436BC

monochromatic

#552B10 #89441A #BC5E24 #DB7D42 #E5A076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC5E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC5E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E24

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E24	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)

#796B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.139 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d63',
    500: '#bc5e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e24;
$custom-light: #d78d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.895,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58584,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E24

secondary

#70A9CC

accent

#A8EB3D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E24

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

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