#BC5424#BC5424

#BC5424 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.147 H 42.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5424
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 36)
HSL	hsl(19, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(19, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 39.17, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 60.67, 49.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1079 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.147 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2303, 17.1626, 3.7055)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5424 #248CBC

analogous

#BC2440 #BC5424 #BCA024

triadic

#BC5424 #24BC54 #5424BC

tetradic

#BC5424 #40BC24 #248CBC #A024BC

square

#BC5424 #40BC24 #248CBC #A024BC

split-complementary

#BC5424 #24BCA0 #2440BC

monochromatic

#552610 #893D1A #BC5424 #DB7342 #E59976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC5424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC5424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5424

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5424	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)

#71651D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.147 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88762',
    500: '#bc5424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5424;
$custom-light: #d88762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.947,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57043,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5424

secondary

#70AFCC

accent

#B4EB3D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5424

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

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