#BC5E38#BC5E38

#BC5E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.132 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E38
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 34.93, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 52.04, 47.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.0984 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.132 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4579, 18.9853, 6.0645)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E38 #3896BC

analogous

#BC3854 #BC5E38 #BCA038

triadic

#BC5E38 #38BC5E #5E38BC

tetradic

#BC5E38 #54BC38 #3896BC #A038BC

square

#BC5E38 #54BC38 #3896BC #A038BC

split-complementary

#BC5E38 #38BCA0 #3854BC

monochromatic

#5E2F1C #8D462A #BC5E38 #D08161 #DEA790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BC5E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E38

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E38	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.132 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d70',
    500: '#bc5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e38;
$custom-light: #d68d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58785,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E38

secondary

#87B6C9

accent

#B3DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E38

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

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