#BC502C#BC502C

#BC502C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.148 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC502C
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 44)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 41.44, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 58.81, 45.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1162 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.148 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0648, 16.6138, 4.3219)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC502C #2C98BC

analogous

#BC2C50 #BC502C #BC982C

triadic

#BC502C #2CBC50 #502CBC

tetradic

#BC502C #50BC2C #2C98BC #982CBC

square

#BC502C #50BC2C #2C98BC #982CBC

split-complementary

#BC502C #2CBC98 #2C50BC

monochromatic

#592615 #8A3B20 #BC502C #D6714F #E19981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC502C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC502C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC502C

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC502C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC502C	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)

#6E6227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc502c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.148 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88467',
    500: '#bc502c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc502c;
$custom-light: #d88467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc502c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56538,
    "c": 0.1483,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC502C

secondary

#79B6CA

accent

#BDE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC502C

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

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