#BC502B#BC502B

#BC502B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.149 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC502B
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 43)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 41.40, 42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 59.14, 45.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1159 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.149 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0462, 16.6063, 4.2241)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC502B #2B97BC

analogous

#BC2B4F #BC502B #BC982B

triadic

#BC502B #2BBC50 #502BBC

tetradic

#BC502B #4FBC2B #2B97BC #982BBC

square

#BC502B #4FBC2B #2B97BC #982BBC

split-complementary

#BC502B #2BBC98 #2B4FBC

monochromatic

#582614 #8A3B20 #BC502B #D6714E #E29980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC502B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC502B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC502B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC502B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC502B	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)

#6E6226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc502b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.149 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88467',
    500: '#bc502b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc502b;
$custom-light: #d88467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc502b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.31,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56528,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC502B

secondary

#78B6CB

accent

#BCE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC502B

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

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