#BC5221#BC5221

#BC5221 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 42.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5221
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 33)
HSL	hsl(19, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 40.07, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 62.01, 49.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1102 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.15 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0334, 16.8390, 3.4232)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5221 #218BBC

analogous

#BC213D #BC5221 #BC9F21

triadic

#BC5221 #21BC52 #5221BC

tetradic

#BC5221 #3DBC21 #218BBC #9F21BC

square

#BC5221 #3DBC21 #218BBC #9F21BC

split-complementary

#BC5221 #21BC9F #213DBC

monochromatic

#54250F #883B18 #BC5221 #DD703D #E69671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC5221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5221

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5221	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88561',
    500: '#bc5221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5221;
$custom-light: #d88561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.968,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56727,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5221

secondary

#6CAECD

accent

#B5ED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5221

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

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