#BC542A#BC542A

#BC542A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.145 H 41.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC542A
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 39.39, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 58.68, 47.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1096 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.145 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3298, 17.2024, 4.2293)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC542A #2A92BC

analogous

#BC2A49 #BC542A #BC9D2A

triadic

#BC542A #2ABC54 #542ABC

tetradic

#BC542A #49BC2A #2A92BC #9D2ABC

square

#BC542A #49BC2A #2A92BC #9D2ABC

split-complementary

#BC542A #2ABC9D #2A49BC

monochromatic

#582714 #8A3E1F #BC542A #D7744C #E29B7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC542A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC542A

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC542A	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.145 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88766',
    500: '#bc542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc542a;
$custom-light: #d88766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.26,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57097,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC542A

secondary

#77B3CB

accent

#B7E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC542A

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

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