#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
RGBrgb(188, 94, 37)
HSLhsl(23, 67%, 44%)
HSVhsv(23, 80%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 50%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(50.49, 34.09, 47.80)
CIE-LCHlch(50.49, 58.71, 54.50°)
OKLaboklab(58.59% 0.0927 0.1034)
OKLCHoklch(58.59% 0.139 48.1)
XYZxyz(25.0781, 18.8334, 4.0645)
Luminance0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BC5E251.004.414.774.77
#FFFFFF4.411.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7721.001.001.00
##0000004.7721.001.001.00

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

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#BC5E25 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva