#BC5F21#BC5F21

#BC5F21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.139 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC5F21
RGBrgb(188, 95, 33)
HSLhsl(24, 70%, 43%)
HSVhsv(24, 82%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 49.5%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(50.67, 33.43, 49.70)
CIE-LCHlch(50.67, 59.90, 56.07°)
OKLaboklab(58.72% 0.0901 0.1064)
OKLCHoklch(58.72% 0.139 49.7)
XYZxyz(25.1082, 18.9887, 3.7815)
Luminance0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC5F21 #217EBC
analogous
#BC2130 #BC5F21 #BCAC21
triadic
#BC5F21 #21BC5F #5F21BC
tetradic
#BC5F21 #30BC21 #217EBC #AC21BC
square
#BC5F21 #30BC21 #217EBC #AC21BC
split-complementary
#BC5F21 #21BCAC #2130BC
monochromatic
#542A0F #884518 #BC5F21 #DD7D3D #E6A071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38
#BC5F21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80
#BC5F21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F21
4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC5F21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC5F211.004.384.804.80
#FFFFFF4.381.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8021.001.001.00
##0000004.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A6C17
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90811F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE4A53
Achromatopsia (no color)
#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc5f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.139 49.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78e62',
    500: '#bc5f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc5f21;
$custom-light: #d78e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc5f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58723,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC5F21
secondary
#6CA6CD
accent
#A6ED3B
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FCF0EB
border
#D5CBC6
text
#160C05
muted
#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F21

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#BC5F21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva