#BC5523#BC5523

#BC5523 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.146 H 43.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5523
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 35)
HSL	hsl(20, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(20, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 38.64, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 60.82, 50.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1061 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.146 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2934, 17.3129, 3.6522)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5523 #238ABC

analogous

#BC233D #BC5523 #BCA123

triadic

#BC5523 #23BC55 #5523BC

tetradic

#BC5523 #3DBC23 #238ABC #A123BC

square

#BC5523 #3DBC23 #238ABC #A123BC

split-complementary

#BC5523 #23BCA1 #233DBC

monochromatic

#552610 #883E19 #BC5523 #DC7341 #E59974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5523

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5523	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)

#72651C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.146 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88762',
    500: '#bc5523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5523;
$custom-light: #d88762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.608,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57184,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5523

secondary

#6FAECC

accent

#B2EB3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5523

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

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