#BC5E36#BC5E36

#BC5E36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.133 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E36
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 34.83, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 52.74, 48.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0977 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.133 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4099, 18.9662, 5.8120)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E36 #3694BC

analogous

#BC3651 #BC5E36 #BCA136

triadic

#BC5E36 #36BC5E #5E36BC

tetradic

#BC5E36 #51BC36 #3694BC #A136BC

square

#BC5E36 #51BC36 #3694BC #A136BC

split-complementary

#BC5E36 #36BCA1 #3651BC

monochromatic

#5D2E1B #8C4628 #BC5E36 #D1815E #DFA68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC5E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC5E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E36

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E36	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)

#786C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.133 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6f',
    500: '#bc5e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e36;
$custom-light: #d68d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.91,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58761,
    "c": 0.13271,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E36

secondary

#85B5C9

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E36

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

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