#BC532C#BC532C

#BC532C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.146 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC532C
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 39.97, 42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 58.21, 46.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1117 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.146 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2894, 17.0629, 4.3968)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC532C #2C95BC

analogous

#BC2C4D #BC532C #BC9B2C

triadic

#BC532C #2CBC53 #532CBC

tetradic

#BC532C #4DBC2C #2C95BC #9B2CBC

square

#BC532C #4DBC2C #2C95BC #9B2CBC

split-complementary

#BC532C #2CBC9B #2C4DBC

monochromatic

#592715 #8A3D20 #BC532C #D6744F #E19B81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC532C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC532C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC532C

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC532C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC532C	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)

#706427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc532c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.146 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78667',
    500: '#bc532c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc532c;
$custom-light: #d78667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc532c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.25,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5697,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC532C

secondary

#79B4CA

accent

#B9E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC532C

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

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