#BC5421#BC5421

#BC5421 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.148 H 43.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5421
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 33)
HSL	hsl(20, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 39.08, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 61.64, 50.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1072 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.148 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1864, 17.1450, 3.4743)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5421 #2189BC

analogous

#BC213B #BC5421 #BCA121

triadic

#BC5421 #21BC54 #5421BC

tetradic

#BC5421 #3BBC21 #2189BC #A121BC

square

#BC5421 #3BBC21 #2189BC #A121BC

split-complementary

#BC5421 #21BCA1 #213BBC

monochromatic

#54250F #883D18 #BC5421 #DD723D #E69871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC5421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC5421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5421

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5421	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.148 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88761',
    500: '#bc5421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5421;
$custom-light: #d88761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.742,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5702,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5421

secondary

#6CADCD

accent

#B2ED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5421

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

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