#BC5E34#BC5E34

#BC5E34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.133 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E34
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 52)
HSL	hsl(19, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(19, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 34.72, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 53.45, 49.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.0971 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.133 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3639, 18.9478, 5.5697)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E34 #3492BC

analogous

#BC344E #BC5E34 #BCA234

triadic

#BC5E34 #34BC5E #5E34BC

tetradic

#BC5E34 #4EBC34 #3492BC #A234BC

square

#BC5E34 #4EBC34 #3492BC #A234BC

split-complementary

#BC5E34 #34BCA2 #344EBC

monochromatic

#5C2E19 #8C4627 #BC5E34 #D2805B #DFA58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC5E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC5E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E34

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E34	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)

#786C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.133 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6d',
    500: '#bc5e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e34;
$custom-light: #d68d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.529,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58738,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E34

secondary

#83B3C9

accent

#B1E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E34

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

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