#BC542B#BC542B

#BC542B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.145 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC542B
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 43)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 39.43, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 58.35, 47.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1099 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.145 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3479, 17.2096, 4.3247)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC542B #2B93BC

analogous

#BC2B4A #BC542B #BC9D2B

triadic

#BC542B #2BBC54 #542BBC

tetradic

#BC542B #4ABC2B #2B93BC #9D2BBC

square

#BC542B #4ABC2B #2B93BC #9D2BBC

split-complementary

#BC542B #2BBC9D #2B4ABC

monochromatic

#582714 #8A3E20 #BC542B #D6744E #E29B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC542B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC542B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC542B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC542B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC542B	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)

#716526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.145 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78767',
    500: '#bc542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc542b;
$custom-light: #d78767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.966,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57107,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC542B

secondary

#78B3CB

accent

#B7E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC542B

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

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