#BC5E39#BC5E39

#BC5E39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.132 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E39
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 57)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 34.99, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 51.69, 47.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.0987 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.132 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4826, 18.9952, 6.1946)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E39 #3997BC

analogous

#BC3955 #BC5E39 #BC9F39

triadic

#BC5E39 #39BC5E #5E39BC

tetradic

#BC5E39 #55BC39 #3997BC #9F39BC

square

#BC5E39 #55BC39 #3997BC #9F39BC

split-complementary

#BC5E39 #39BC9F #3955BC

monochromatic

#5E2F1D #8D472B #BC5E39 #D08163 #DEA792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC5E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BC5E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E39

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E39	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)

#776C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.132 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d71',
    500: '#bc5e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e39;
$custom-light: #d68d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.947,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58798,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E39

secondary

#88B7C9

accent

#B4DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E39

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

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