#BC5524#BC5524

#BC5524 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.146 H 43.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5524
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 36)
HSL	hsl(19, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(19, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 38.67, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 60.49, 50.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1064 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.146 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3085, 17.3189, 3.7316)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5524 #248BBC

analogous

#BC243F #BC5524 #BCA124

triadic

#BC5524 #24BC55 #5524BC

tetradic

#BC5524 #3FBC24 #248BBC #A124BC

square

#BC5524 #3FBC24 #248BBC #A124BC

split-complementary

#BC5524 #24BCA1 #243FBC

monochromatic

#552710 #893E1A #BC5524 #DB7442 #E59976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5524

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5524	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)

#72651D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.146 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88763',
    500: '#bc5524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5524;
$custom-light: #d88763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.342,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57192,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5524

secondary

#70AECC

accent

#B3EB3D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5524

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

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