#BC532D#BC532D

#BC532D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.145 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC532D
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 40.01, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 57.87, 46.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.112 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.145 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3084, 17.0705, 4.4970)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC532D #2D96BC

analogous

#BC2D4E #BC532D #BC9A2D

triadic

#BC532D #2DBC53 #532DBC

tetradic

#BC532D #4EBC2D #2D96BC #9A2DBC

square

#BC532D #4EBC2D #2D96BC #9A2DBC

split-complementary

#BC532D #2DBC9A #2D4EBC

monochromatic

#592715 #8B3D21 #BC532D #D57451 #E19B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC532D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC532D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC532D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC532D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC532D	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)

#706428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc532d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.145 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78668',
    500: '#bc532d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc532d;
$custom-light: #d78668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc532d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.944,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56981,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC532D

secondary

#7BB5CA

accent

#BAE443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC532D

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

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