#BC5E22#BC5E22

#BC5E22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.140 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E22
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 34)
HSL	hsl(23, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 33.99, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 59.71, 55.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.0919 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.14 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0329, 18.8154, 3.8266)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E22 #2280BC

analogous

#BC2233 #BC5E22 #BCAB22

triadic

#BC5E22 #22BC5E #5E22BC

tetradic

#BC5E22 #33BC22 #2280BC #AB22BC

square

#BC5E22 #33BC22 #2280BC #AB22BC

split-complementary

#BC5E22 #22BCAB #2233BC

monochromatic

#542A0F #884419 #BC5E22 #DC7C3F #E6A073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC5E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC5E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E22

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E22	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.140 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d62',
    500: '#bc5e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e22;
$custom-light: #d78d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.377,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58569,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E22

secondary

#6DA7CD

accent

#A7EC3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E22

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

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