#BC4E22#BC4E22

#BC4E22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.153 H 40.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E22
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 34)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 42.05, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 62.45, 47.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1164 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.153 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7547, 16.2589, 3.4005)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E22 #2290BC

analogous

#BC2243 #BC4E22 #BC9B22

triadic

#BC4E22 #22BC4E #4E22BC

tetradic

#BC4E22 #43BC22 #2290BC #9B22BC

square

#BC4E22 #43BC22 #2290BC #9B22BC

split-complementary

#BC4E22 #22BC9B #2243BC

monochromatic

#54230F #883819 #BC4E22 #DC6C3F #E69473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E22

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E22	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D611B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.153 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88361',
    500: '#bc4e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e22;
$custom-light: #d88361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56164,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E22

secondary

#6DB1CD

accent

#BAEC3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E22

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

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