#BC5223#BC5223

#BC5223 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.149 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5223
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 35)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 40.13, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 61.37, 49.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1107 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.149 42)
XYZ	xyz(24.0622, 16.8505, 3.5752)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5223 #238DBC

analogous

#BC2341 #BC5223 #BC9E23

triadic

#BC5223 #23BC52 #5223BC

tetradic

#BC5223 #41BC23 #238DBC #9E23BC

square

#BC5223 #41BC23 #238DBC #9E23BC

split-complementary

#BC5223 #23BC9E #2341BC

monochromatic

#552510 #883B19 #BC5223 #DC7041 #E59774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC5223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5223

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5223	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)

#70631C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.149 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88562',
    500: '#bc5223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5223;
$custom-light: #d88562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.431,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56742,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.16847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5223

secondary

#6FAFCC

accent

#B6EB3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5223

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

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