#BC532B#BC532B

#BC532B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.146 H 40.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC532B
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 43)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 39.93, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 58.54, 46.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1114 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.146 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2708, 17.0555, 4.2990)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC532B #2B94BC

analogous

#BC2B4B #BC532B #BC9C2B

triadic

#BC532B #2BBC53 #532BBC

tetradic

#BC532B #4BBC2B #2B94BC #9C2BBC

square

#BC532B #4BBC2B #2B94BC #9C2BBC

split-complementary

#BC532B #2BBC9C #2B4BBC

monochromatic

#582714 #8A3D20 #BC532B #D6734E #E29B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC532B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC532B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC532B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC532B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC532B	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)

#706426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc532b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.146 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88667',
    500: '#bc532b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc532b;
$custom-light: #d88667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc532b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5696,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC532B

secondary

#78B4CB

accent

#B9E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC532B

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

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