#BC5224#BC5224

#BC5224 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.149 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5224
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 36)
HSL	hsl(18, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 40.17, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 61.04, 48.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1109 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.149 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0773, 16.8565, 3.6545)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5224 #248EBC

analogous

#BC2442 #BC5224 #BC9E24

triadic

#BC5224 #24BC52 #5224BC

tetradic

#BC5224 #42BC24 #248EBC #9E24BC

square

#BC5224 #42BC24 #248EBC #9E24BC

split-complementary

#BC5224 #24BC9E #2442BC

monochromatic

#552510 #893C1A #BC5224 #DB7042 #E59776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC5224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5224 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5224

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5224	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70631D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.149 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88562',
    500: '#bc5224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5224;
$custom-light: #d88562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.158,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56751,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5224

secondary

#70B0CC

accent

#B6EB3D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5224

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

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