#BC522D#BC522D

#BC522D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.146 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC522D
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 40.51, 41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 58.07, 45.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1135 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.146 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2325, 16.9186, 4.4717)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC522D #2D97BC

analogous

#BC2D50 #BC522D #BC992D

triadic

#BC522D #2DBC52 #522DBC

tetradic

#BC522D #50BC2D #2D97BC #992DBC

square

#BC522D #50BC2D #2D97BC #992DBC

split-complementary

#BC522D #2DBC99 #2D50BC

monochromatic

#592715 #8B3C21 #BC522D #D57351 #E19B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC522D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC522D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC522D	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)

#6F6428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.146 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78668',
    500: '#bc522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc522d;
$custom-light: #d78668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.524,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56835,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC522D

secondary

#7BB6CA

accent

#BBE443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC522D

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

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