#BC4D22#BC4D22

#BC4D22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.154 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D22
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 34)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 42.53, 46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 62.65, 47.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1178 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.154 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6842, 16.1179, 3.3770)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D22 #2291BC

analogous

#BC2244 #BC4D22 #BC9A22

triadic

#BC4D22 #22BC4D #4D22BC

tetradic

#BC4D22 #44BC22 #2291BC #9A22BC

square

#BC4D22 #44BC22 #2291BC #9A22BC

split-complementary

#BC4D22 #22BC9A #2244BC

monochromatic

#54230F #883819 #BC4D22 #DC6B3F #E69373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D22

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D22	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C601C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.154 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88261',
    500: '#bc4d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d22;
$custom-light: #d88261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.753,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56025,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D22

secondary

#6DB2CD

accent

#BBEC3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D22

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

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