#BC5F38#BC5F38

#BC5F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.131 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F38
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 34.41, 38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 51.86, 48.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.0968 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.131 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5474, 19.1643, 6.0943)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F38 #3895BC

analogous

#BC3853 #BC5F38 #BCA138

triadic

#BC5F38 #38BC5F #5F38BC

tetradic

#BC5F38 #53BC38 #3895BC #A138BC

square

#BC5F38 #53BC38 #3895BC #A138BC

split-complementary

#BC5F38 #38BCA1 #3853BC

monochromatic

#5E2F1C #8D472A #BC5F38 #D08261 #DEA790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BC5F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BC5F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F38

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F38	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)

#786D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.131 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68e70',
    500: '#bc5f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f38;
$custom-light: #d68e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58945,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F38

secondary

#87B5C9

accent

#B2DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F38

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

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