#BC5824#BC5824

#BC5824 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.144 H 44.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5824
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 36)
HSL	hsl(21, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 37.16, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 59.98, 51.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1018 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.144 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5497, 17.8013, 3.8120)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5824 #2488BC

analogous

#BC243C #BC5824 #BCA424

triadic

#BC5824 #24BC58 #5824BC

tetradic

#BC5824 #3CBC24 #2488BC #A424BC

square

#BC5824 #3CBC24 #2488BC #A424BC

split-complementary

#BC5824 #24BCA4 #243CBC

monochromatic

#552810 #89401A #BC5824 #DB7742 #E59C76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC5824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC5824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5824

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5824	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)

#74671C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.144 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88963',
    500: '#bc5824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5824;
$custom-light: #d88963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.526,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57645,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5824

secondary

#70ACCC

accent

#AFEB3D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5824

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →