#BC5520#BC5520

#BC5520 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.147 H 44.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5520
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 32)
HSL	hsl(20, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 38.55, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 61.78, 51.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1054 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.147 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2508, 17.2958, 3.4276)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5520 #2087BC

analogous

#BC2039 #BC5520 #BCA320

triadic

#BC5520 #20BC55 #5520BC

tetradic

#BC5520 #39BC20 #2087BC #A320BC

square

#BC5520 #39BC20 #2087BC #A320BC

split-complementary

#BC5520 #20BCA3 #2039BC

monochromatic

#53260E #883D17 #BC5520 #DE733B #E79870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5520

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5520	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.147 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88760',
    500: '#bc5520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5520;
$custom-light: #d88760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.385,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57161,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5520

secondary

#6BACCD

accent

#B1EE3A

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5520

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

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