#BC5E2E#BC5E2E

#BC5E2E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.136 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E2E
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 46)
HSL	hsl(20, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 34.44, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 55.58, 51.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.0952 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.136 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2373, 18.8971, 4.9027)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E2E #2E8CBC

analogous

#BC2E45 #BC5E2E #BCA52E

triadic

#BC5E2E #2EBC5E #5E2EBC

tetradic

#BC5E2E #45BC2E #2E8CBC #A52EBC

square

#BC5E2E #45BC2E #2E8CBC #A52EBC

split-complementary

#BC5E2E #2EBCA5 #2E45BC

monochromatic

#5A2D16 #8B4522 #BC5E2E #D57E52 #E1A384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC5E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BC5E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E2E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E2E	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	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)

#786B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.136 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d69',
    500: '#bc5e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e2e;
$custom-light: #d78d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.282,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58673,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E2E

secondary

#7CB0CA

accent

#AEE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E2E

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

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