#BC5525#BC5525

#BC5525 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.146 H 43.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5525
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 37)
HSL	hsl(19, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(19, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 38.71, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 60.17, 49.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.1067 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.146 43)
XYZ	xyz(24.3240, 17.3251, 3.8131)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5525 #258CBC

analogous

#BC2541 #BC5525 #BCA125

triadic

#BC5525 #25BC55 #5525BC

tetradic

#BC5525 #41BC25 #258CBC #A125BC

square

#BC5525 #41BC25 #258CBC #A125BC

split-complementary

#BC5525 #25BCA1 #2541BC

monochromatic

#562711 #893E1B #BC5525 #DA7444 #E49A77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC5525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5525

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5525	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72651E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.146 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88763',
    500: '#bc5525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5525;
$custom-light: #d88763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.073,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.572,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.17322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5525

secondary

#71AFCC

accent

#B3EA3E

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5525

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

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