#BC522A#BC522A

#BC522A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.147 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC522A
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 40.38, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 59.07, 46.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1126 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.147 40)
XYZ	xyz(24.1767, 16.8963, 4.1782)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC522A #2A94BC

analogous

#BC2A4B #BC522A #BC9B2A

triadic

#BC522A #2ABC52 #522ABC

tetradic

#BC522A #4BBC2A #2A94BC #9B2ABC

square

#BC522A #4BBC2A #2A94BC #9B2ABC

split-complementary

#BC522A #2ABC9B #2A4BBC

monochromatic

#582614 #8A3C1F #BC522A #D7724C #E29A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC522A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC522A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC522A

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC522A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC522A	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)

#706425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc522a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.147 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88666',
    500: '#bc522a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc522a;
$custom-light: #d88666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc522a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.438,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56805,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.16893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC522A

secondary

#77B4CB

accent

#B9E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC522A

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

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