#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
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 33)
HSL	hsl(24, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 33.43, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 59.90, 56.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.0901 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.139 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1082, 18.9887, 3.7815)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BC5F21	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)

#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

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

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