#BC5E2D#BC5E2D

#BC5E2D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.136 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E2D
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 45)
HSL	hsl(21, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 34.40, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 55.93, 52.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.0949 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.136 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2178, 18.8893, 4.8001)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E2D #2D8BBC

analogous

#BC2D44 #BC5E2D #BCA52D

triadic

#BC5E2D #2DBC5E #5E2DBC

tetradic

#BC5E2D #44BC2D #2D8BBC #A52DBC

square

#BC5E2D #44BC2D #2D8BBC #A52DBC

split-complementary

#BC5E2D #2DBCA5 #2D44BC

monochromatic

#592D15 #8B4521 #BC5E2D #D57E51 #E1A382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BC5E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BC5E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E2D

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E2D	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.136 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d69',
    500: '#bc5e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e2d;
$custom-light: #d78d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.559,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58663,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E2D

secondary

#7BAFCA

accent

#ADE443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E2D

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

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