#BC502A#BC502A

#BC502A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.149 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC502A
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 41.36, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 59.47, 45.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1156 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.149 39)
XYZ	xyz(24.0281, 16.5991, 4.1287)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC502A #2A96BC

analogous

#BC2A4D #BC502A #BC992A

triadic

#BC502A #2ABC50 #502ABC

tetradic

#BC502A #4DBC2A #2A96BC #992ABC

square

#BC502A #4DBC2A #2A96BC #992ABC

split-complementary

#BC502A #2ABC99 #2A4DBC

monochromatic

#582514 #8A3B1F #BC502A #D7704C #E2987E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC502A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC502A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC502A

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC502A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC502A	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc502a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.149 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88466',
    500: '#bc502a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc502a;
$custom-light: #d88466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc502a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.616,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56518,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.16596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC502A

secondary

#77B5CB

accent

#BCE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC502A

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

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