#BC5222#BC5222

#BC5222 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.149 H 42.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5222
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 34)
HSL	hsl(19, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(19, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 40.10, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 61.69, 49.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1104 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.149 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0476, 16.8447, 3.4981)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5222 #228CBC

analogous

#BC223F #BC5222 #BC9F22

triadic

#BC5222 #22BC52 #5222BC

tetradic

#BC5222 #3FBC22 #228CBC #9F22BC

square

#BC5222 #3FBC22 #228CBC #9F22BC

split-complementary

#BC5222 #22BC9F #223FBC

monochromatic

#54250F #883B19 #BC5222 #DC703F #E69773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC5222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5222

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5222	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)

#70631B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.149 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88561',
    500: '#bc5222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5222;
$custom-light: #d88561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.701,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56734,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5222

secondary

#6DAFCD

accent

#B5EC3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5222

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

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