#BC5521#BC5521

#BC5521 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.147 H 44.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5521
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 33)
HSL	hsl(20, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 38.58, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 61.46, 51.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1056 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.147 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2646, 17.3014, 3.5003)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5521 #2188BC

analogous

#BC213A #BC5521 #BCA221

triadic

#BC5521 #21BC55 #5521BC

tetradic

#BC5521 #3ABC21 #2188BC #A221BC

square

#BC5521 #3ABC21 #2188BC #A221BC

split-complementary

#BC5521 #21BCA2 #213ABC

monochromatic

#54260F #883D18 #BC5521 #DD733D #E69871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5521

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5521	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)

#726519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.147 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88761',
    500: '#bc5521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5521;
$custom-light: #d88761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.129,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57168,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5521

secondary

#6CACCD

accent

#B1ED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5521

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

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