#BC542D#BC542D

#BC542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.144 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC542D
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 39.51, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 57.68, 46.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1105 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.144 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3855, 17.2247, 4.5227)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC542D #2D95BC

analogous

#BC2D4D #BC542D #BC9B2D

triadic

#BC542D #2DBC54 #542DBC

tetradic

#BC542D #4DBC2D #2D95BC #9B2DBC

square

#BC542D #4DBC2D #2D95BC #9B2DBC

split-complementary

#BC542D #2DBC9B #2D4DBC

monochromatic

#592815 #8B3E21 #BC542D #D57551 #E19C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC542D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC542D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC542D	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)

#716528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.144 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78768',
    500: '#bc542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc542d;
$custom-light: #d78768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57127,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC542D

secondary

#7BB4CA

accent

#B9E443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC542D

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

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