#BC5E35#BC5E35

#BC5E35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.133 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E35
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 34.78, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 53.09, 49.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.0974 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.133 43)
XYZ	xyz(25.3867, 18.9569, 5.6896)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E35 #3593BC

analogous

#BC3550 #BC5E35 #BCA235

triadic

#BC5E35 #35BC5E #5E35BC

tetradic

#BC5E35 #50BC35 #3593BC #A235BC

square

#BC5E35 #50BC35 #3593BC #A235BC

split-complementary

#BC5E35 #35BCA2 #3550BC

monochromatic

#5D2E1A #8C4628 #BC5E35 #D1805D #DFA68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC5E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC5E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E35

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E35	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#786C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.133 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6e',
    500: '#bc5e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e35;
$custom-light: #d68d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58749,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.18954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E35

secondary

#84B4C9

accent

#B2DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E35

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

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