#BC5228#BC5228

#BC5228 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.148 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5228
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 40)
HSL	hsl(17, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 40.31, 44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 59.73, 47.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.112 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.148 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1418, 16.8824, 3.9944)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5228 #2892BC

analogous

#BC2848 #BC5228 #BC9C28

triadic

#BC5228 #28BC52 #5228BC

tetradic

#BC5228 #48BC28 #2892BC #9C28BC

square

#BC5228 #48BC28 #2892BC #9C28BC

split-complementary

#BC5228 #28BC9C #2848BC

monochromatic

#572613 #8A3C1D #BC5228 #D87249 #E3997B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC5228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC5228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5228

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5228	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.148 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88565',
    500: '#bc5228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5228;
$custom-light: #d88565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.027,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56786,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5228

secondary

#75B3CB

accent

#B8E840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5228

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

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