#BC532A#BC532A

#BC532A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.146 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC532A
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 42)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 39.89, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 58.88, 47.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1111 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.146 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2527, 17.0482, 4.2036)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC532A #2A93BC

analogous

#BC2A4A #BC532A #BC9C2A

triadic

#BC532A #2ABC53 #532ABC

tetradic

#BC532A #4ABC2A #2A93BC #9C2ABC

square

#BC532A #4ABC2A #2A93BC #9C2ABC

split-complementary

#BC532A #2ABC9C #2A4ABC

monochromatic

#582714 #8A3D1F #BC532A #D7734C #E29A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC532A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC532A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC532A

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC532A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC532A	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc532a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.146 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88666',
    500: '#bc532a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc532a;
$custom-light: #d88666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc532a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.849,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5695,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC532A

secondary

#77B3CB

accent

#B8E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC532A

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

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