#BC522C#BC522C

#BC522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.146 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC522C
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 40.46, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 58.40, 46.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1132 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.146 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2134, 16.9110, 4.3715)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC522C #2C96BC

analogous

#BC2C4E #BC522C #BC9A2C

triadic

#BC522C #2CBC52 #522CBC

tetradic

#BC522C #4EBC2C #2C96BC #9A2CBC

square

#BC522C #4EBC2C #2C96BC #9A2CBC

split-complementary

#BC522C #2CBC9A #2C4EBC

monochromatic

#592715 #8A3C20 #BC522C #D6734F #E19A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC522C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC522C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC522C	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)

#6F6427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.146 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88667',
    500: '#bc522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc522c;
$custom-light: #d88667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56825,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC522C

secondary

#79B5CA

accent

#BAE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC522C

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

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