#BC542E#BC542E

#BC542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.144 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC542E
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 39.56, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 57.34, 46.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1108 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.144 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4050, 17.2324, 4.6253)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC542E #2E96BC

analogous

#BC2E4F #BC542E #BC9B2E

triadic

#BC542E #2EBC54 #542EBC

tetradic

#BC542E #4FBC2E #2E96BC #9B2EBC

square

#BC542E #4FBC2E #2E96BC #9B2EBC

split-complementary

#BC542E #2EBC9B #2E4FBC

monochromatic

#5A2816 #8B3E22 #BC542E #D57552 #E19D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC542E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC542E	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.144 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78769',
    500: '#bc542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc542e;
$custom-light: #d78769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.056,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57138,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC542E

secondary

#7CB5CA

accent

#B9E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC542E

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

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