#BC5E32#BC5E32

#BC5E32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.134 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E32
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 50)
HSL	hsl(19, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 34.63, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 54.16, 50.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.0964 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.134 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3198, 18.9301, 5.3375)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E32 #3290BC

analogous

#BC324B #BC5E32 #BCA332

triadic

#BC5E32 #32BC5E #5E32BC

tetradic

#BC5E32 #4BBC32 #3290BC #A332BC

square

#BC5E32 #4BBC32 #3290BC #A332BC

split-complementary

#BC5E32 #32BCA3 #324BBC

monochromatic

#5B2E18 #8C4625 #BC5E32 #D37F58 #E0A489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC5E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC5E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E32

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E32	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.134 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d6c',
    500: '#bc5e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e32;
$custom-light: #d78d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.13,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58715,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E32

secondary

#80B2C9

accent

#B0E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E32

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

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