#BC5E37#BC5E37

#BC5E37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.132 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E37
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 34.88, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 52.39, 48.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.0981 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.132 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4337, 18.9756, 5.9370)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E37 #3795BC

analogous

#BC3752 #BC5E37 #BCA137

triadic

#BC5E37 #37BC5E #5E37BC

tetradic

#BC5E37 #52BC37 #3795BC #A137BC

square

#BC5E37 #52BC37 #3795BC #A137BC

split-complementary

#BC5E37 #37BCA1 #3752BC

monochromatic

#5D2F1B #8D4629 #BC5E37 #D08160 #DEA68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC5E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC5E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E37

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E37	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)

#786C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.132 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6f',
    500: '#bc5e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e37;
$custom-light: #d68d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.594,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58773,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E37

secondary

#86B5C9

accent

#B3DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E37

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

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