#BC5F23#BC5F23

#BC5F23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.139 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F23
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 35)
HSL	hsl(24, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(24, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 33.50, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 59.24, 55.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.0906 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.139 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1371, 19.0002, 3.9335)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F23 #2380BC

analogous

#BC2334 #BC5F23 #BCAB23

triadic

#BC5F23 #23BC5F #5F23BC

tetradic

#BC5F23 #34BC23 #2380BC #AB23BC

square

#BC5F23 #34BC23 #2380BC #AB23BC

split-complementary

#BC5F23 #23BCAB #2334BC

monochromatic

#552B10 #884519 #BC5F23 #DC7D41 #E5A174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC5F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BC5F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F23

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F23	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)

#7A6C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.139 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78e63',
    500: '#bc5f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f23;
$custom-light: #d78e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.529,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58737,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F23

secondary

#6FA8CC

accent

#A7EB3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F23

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

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