#BC5E2B#BC5E2B

#BC5E2B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.137 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E2B
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 43)
HSL	hsl(21, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 34.32, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 56.64, 52.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.0943 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.137 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1802, 18.8743, 4.6021)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E2B #2B89BC

analogous

#BC2B41 #BC5E2B #BCA62B

triadic

#BC5E2B #2BBC5E #5E2BBC

tetradic

#BC5E2B #41BC2B #2B89BC #A62BBC

square

#BC5E2B #41BC2B #2B89BC #A62BBC

split-complementary

#BC5E2B #2BBCA6 #2B41BC

monochromatic

#582C14 #8A4520 #BC5E2B #D67E4E #E2A280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BC5E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BC5E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E2B

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E2B	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	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)

#786B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.137 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d67',
    500: '#bc5e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e2b;
$custom-light: #d78d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.103,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58644,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E2B

secondary

#78AECB

accent

#ACE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E2B

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

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