#BC5E25#BC5E25

#BC5E25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.139 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E25
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 37)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 34.09, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 58.71, 54.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.0927 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.139 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0781, 18.8334, 4.0645)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E25 #2583BC

analogous

#BC2538 #BC5E25 #BCAA25

triadic

#BC5E25 #25BC5E #5E25BC

tetradic

#BC5E25 #38BC25 #2583BC #AA25BC

square

#BC5E25 #38BC25 #2583BC #AA25BC

split-complementary

#BC5E25 #25BCAA #2538BC

monochromatic

#562B11 #89441B #BC5E25 #DA7D44 #E4A077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC5E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BC5E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E25

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E25	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.139 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d64',
    500: '#bc5e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e25;
$custom-light: #d78d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.649,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58592,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E25

secondary

#71AACC

accent

#A9EA3E

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E25

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

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