#BC522B#BC522B

#BC522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.147 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC522B
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 40.42, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 58.74, 46.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1129 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.147 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1949, 16.9036, 4.2737)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC522B #2B95BC

analogous

#BC2B4C #BC522B #BC9B2B

triadic

#BC522B #2BBC52 #522BBC

tetradic

#BC522B #4CBC2B #2B95BC #9B2BBC

square

#BC522B #4CBC2B #2B95BC #9B2BBC

split-complementary

#BC522B #2BBC9B #2B4CBC

monochromatic

#582714 #8A3C20 #BC522B #D6734E #E29A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC522B

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC522B	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.147 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88667',
    500: '#bc522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc522b;
$custom-light: #d88667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.138,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56815,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC522B

secondary

#78B4CB

accent

#BAE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC522B

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

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