#BC532E#BC532E

#BC532E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.145 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC532E
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 40.05, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 57.54, 45.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1123 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.145 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3279, 17.0783, 4.5996)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC532E #2E97BC

analogous

#BC2E50 #BC532E #BC9A2E

triadic

#BC532E #2EBC53 #532EBC

tetradic

#BC532E #50BC2E #2E97BC #9A2EBC

square

#BC532E #50BC2E #2E97BC #9A2EBC

split-complementary

#BC532E #2EBC9A #2E50BC

monochromatic

#5A2816 #8B3D22 #BC532E #D57452 #E19C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC532E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC532E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC532E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC532E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC532E	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc532e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.145 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78669',
    500: '#bc532e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc532e;
$custom-light: #d78669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc532e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.634,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56991,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC532E

secondary

#7CB6CA

accent

#BAE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC532E

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

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