#BC542F#BC542F

#BC542F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.144 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC542F
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 47)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 39.60, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 57.01, 46.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1111 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.144 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4249, 17.2404, 4.7303)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC542F #2F97BC

analogous

#BC2F50 #BC542F #BC9A2F

triadic

#BC542F #2FBC54 #542FBC

tetradic

#BC542F #50BC2F #2F97BC #9A2FBC

square

#BC542F #50BC2F #2F97BC #9A2FBC

split-complementary

#BC542F #2FBC9A #2F50BC

monochromatic

#5A2817 #8B3E23 #BC542F #D47654 #E09D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC542F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC542F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC542F

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC542F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC542F	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)

#71652B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc542f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.144 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78769',
    500: '#bc542f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc542f;
$custom-light: #d78769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc542f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.745,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57148,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC542F

secondary

#7DB6CA

accent

#BAE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC542F

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

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