#BC5E33#BC5E33

#BC5E33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.134 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E33
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 51)
HSL	hsl(19, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 34.68, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 53.80, 49.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.0967 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.134 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3416, 18.9388, 5.4524)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E33 #3391BC

analogous

#BC334D #BC5E33 #BCA333

triadic

#BC5E33 #33BC5E #5E33BC

tetradic

#BC5E33 #4DBC33 #3391BC #A333BC

square

#BC5E33 #4DBC33 #3391BC #A333BC

split-complementary

#BC5E33 #33BCA3 #334DBC

monochromatic

#5C2E19 #8C4626 #BC5E33 #D2805A #DFA58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC5E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC5E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E33

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E33	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)

#786C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.134 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d6d',
    500: '#bc5e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e33;
$custom-light: #d78d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.832,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58726,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E33

secondary

#81B3C9

accent

#B0E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E33

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

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