#BC5F37#BC5F37

#BC5F37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.132 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F37
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 34.36, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 52.22, 48.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.0964 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.132 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5232, 19.1546, 5.9668)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F37 #3794BC

analogous

#BC3751 #BC5F37 #BCA137

triadic

#BC5F37 #37BC5F #5F37BC

tetradic

#BC5F37 #51BC37 #3794BC #A137BC

square

#BC5F37 #51BC37 #3794BC #A137BC

split-complementary

#BC5F37 #37BCA1 #3751BC

monochromatic

#5D2F1B #8D4729 #BC5F37 #D08260 #DEA78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BC5F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BC5F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F37

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F37	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.132 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68e6f',
    500: '#bc5f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f37;
$custom-light: #d68e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.045,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58933,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F37

secondary

#86B5C9

accent

#B1DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F37

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

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