#BC5B22#BC5B22

#BC5B22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.142 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B22
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 34)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 35.55, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 60.15, 53.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.0966 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.142 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7713, 18.2922, 3.7394)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B22 #2283BC

analogous

#BC2236 #BC5B22 #BCA822

triadic

#BC5B22 #22BC5B #5B22BC

tetradic

#BC5B22 #36BC22 #2283BC #A822BC

square

#BC5B22 #36BC22 #2283BC #A822BC

split-complementary

#BC5B22 #22BCA8 #2236BC

monochromatic

#54290F #884219 #BC5B22 #DC793F #E69D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC5B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B22

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B22	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.142 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b62',
    500: '#bc5b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b22;
$custom-light: #d88b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.208,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58094,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B22

secondary

#6DA9CD

accent

#ABEC3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B22

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

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