#BC5F40#BC5F40

#BC5F40 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.128 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F40
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 34.87, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 49.10, 44.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.0996 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.128 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7589, 19.2489, 7.2084)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F40 #409DBC

analogous

#BC405F #BC5F40 #BC9D40

triadic

#BC5F40 #40BC5F #5F40BC

tetradic

#BC5F40 #5FBC40 #409DBC #9D40BC

square

#BC5F40 #5FBC40 #409DBC #9D40BC

split-complementary

#BC5F40 #40BC9D #405FBC

monochromatic

#613121 #8E4830 #BC5F40 #CD846C #DDAB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BC5F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BC5F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F40

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F40	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.128 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68e76',
    500: '#bc5f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f40;
$custom-light: #d68e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59051,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F40

secondary

#8FBAC9

accent

#B6D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F40

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

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