#BC5821#BC5821

#BC5821 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.145 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5821
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 33)
HSL	hsl(21, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(21, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 37.06, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 60.95, 52.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.101 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.145 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5058, 17.7838, 3.5807)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5821 #2185BC

analogous

#BC2138 #BC5821 #BCA521

triadic

#BC5821 #21BC58 #5821BC

tetradic

#BC5821 #38BC21 #2185BC #A521BC

square

#BC5821 #38BC21 #2185BC #A521BC

split-complementary

#BC5821 #21BCA5 #2138BC

monochromatic

#54270F #884018 #BC5821 #DD763D #E69B71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC5821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC5821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5821

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5821	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF414D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.145 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88961',
    500: '#bc5821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5821;
$custom-light: #d88961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57622,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5821

secondary

#6CAACD

accent

#AEED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5821

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

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