#BC5F39#BC5F39

#BC5F39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.131 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F39
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 57)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 34.46, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 51.51, 48.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.0971 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.131 42)
XYZ	xyz(25.5721, 19.1742, 6.2244)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F39 #3996BC

analogous

#BC3954 #BC5F39 #BCA039

triadic

#BC5F39 #39BC5F #5F39BC

tetradic

#BC5F39 #54BC39 #3996BC #A039BC

square

#BC5F39 #54BC39 #3996BC #A039BC

split-complementary

#BC5F39 #39BCA0 #3954BC

monochromatic

#5E301D #8D472B #BC5F39 #D08263 #DEA892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BC5F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BC5F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F39

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F39	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	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)

#786D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.131 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68e71',
    500: '#bc5f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f39;
$custom-light: #d68e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.405,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58957,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.19171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F39

secondary

#88B6C9

accent

#B3DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#150C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F39

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

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