#BC522E#BC522E

#BC522E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.146 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC522E
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 40.55, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 57.74, 45.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1138 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.146 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2519, 16.9264, 4.5743)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC522E #2E98BC

analogous

#BC2E51 #BC522E #BC992E

triadic

#BC522E #2EBC52 #522EBC

tetradic

#BC522E #51BC2E #2E98BC #992EBC

square

#BC522E #51BC2E #2E98BC #992EBC

split-complementary

#BC522E #2EBC99 #2E51BC

monochromatic

#5A2716 #8B3D22 #BC522E #D57352 #E19B84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC522E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC522E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC522E	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)

#6F642A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.146 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78669',
    500: '#bc522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc522e;
$custom-light: #d78669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.211,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56846,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC522E

secondary

#7CB6CA

accent

#BBE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC522E

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

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