#BC5225#BC5225

#BC5225 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.148 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5225
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 37)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 40.20, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 60.72, 48.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.1112 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.148 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0928, 16.8627, 3.7361)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5225 #258FBC

analogous

#BC2544 #BC5225 #BC9E25

triadic

#BC5225 #25BC52 #5225BC

tetradic

#BC5225 #44BC25 #258FBC #9E25BC

square

#BC5225 #44BC25 #258FBC #9E25BC

split-complementary

#BC5225 #25BC9E #2544BC

monochromatic

#562511 #893C1B #BC5225 #DA7144 #E49877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC5225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5225

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5225	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)

#70631F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.148 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88563',
    500: '#bc5225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5225;
$custom-light: #d88563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.881,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56759,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5225

secondary

#71B1CC

accent

#B7EA3E

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5225

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

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