#BC5522#BC5522

#BC5522 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.147 H 43.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5522
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(20, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(20, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 38.61, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 61.14, 50.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1059 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.147 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2788, 17.3071, 3.5752)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5522 #2289BC

analogous

#BC223C #BC5522 #BCA222

triadic

#BC5522 #22BC55 #5522BC

tetradic

#BC5522 #3CBC22 #2289BC #A222BC

square

#BC5522 #3CBC22 #2289BC #A222BC

split-complementary

#BC5522 #22BCA2 #223CBC

monochromatic

#54260F #883E19 #BC5522 #DC733F #E69973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5522

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5522	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)

#72651A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.147 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88761',
    500: '#bc5522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5522;
$custom-light: #d88761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.87,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57176,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5522

secondary

#6DADCD

accent

#B2EC3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5522

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

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