#BC5021#BC5021

#BC5021 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.151 H 41.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5021
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 33)
HSL	hsl(18, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 41.05, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 62.38, 48.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.1132 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.151 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8848, 16.5417, 3.3737)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5021 #218DBC

analogous

#BC213F #BC5021 #BC9E21

triadic

#BC5021 #21BC50 #5021BC

tetradic

#BC5021 #3FBC21 #218DBC #9E21BC

square

#BC5021 #3FBC21 #218DBC #9E21BC

split-complementary

#BC5021 #21BC9E #213FBC

monochromatic

#54240F #883A18 #BC5021 #DD6E3D #E69571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC5021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC5021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5021

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5021	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.151 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88460',
    500: '#bc5021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5021;
$custom-light: #d88460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.194,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56439,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5021

secondary

#6CAFCD

accent

#B7ED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5021

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

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