#BC5A22#BC5A22

#BC5A22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.143 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A22
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 34)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 36.07, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 60.31, 53.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.0982 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.143 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6864, 18.1223, 3.7110)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A22 #2284BC

analogous

#BC2237 #BC5A22 #BCA722

triadic

#BC5A22 #22BC5A #5A22BC

tetradic

#BC5A22 #37BC22 #2284BC #A722BC

square

#BC5A22 #37BC22 #2284BC #A722BC

split-complementary

#BC5A22 #22BCA7 #2237BC

monochromatic

#54280F #884119 #BC5A22 #DC783F #E69D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BC5A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BC5A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A22

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A22	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.143 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a62',
    500: '#bc5a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a22;
$custom-light: #d88a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57938,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A22

secondary

#6DAACD

accent

#ACEC3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A22

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

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