#BC552B#BC552B

#BC552B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.144 H 41.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC552B
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 38.93, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 58.16, 47.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1083 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.144 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4261, 17.3660, 4.3507)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC552B #2B92BC

analogous

#BC2B4A #BC552B #BC9D2B

triadic

#BC552B #2BBC55 #552BBC

tetradic

#BC552B #4ABC2B #2B92BC #9D2BBC

square

#BC552B #4ABC2B #2B92BC #9D2BBC

split-complementary

#BC552B #2BBC9D #2B4ABC

monochromatic

#582814 #8A3E20 #BC552B #D6754E #E29C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC552B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC552B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC552B	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.144 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78767',
    500: '#bc552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc552b;
$custom-light: #d78767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.379,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57255,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC552B

secondary

#78B3CB

accent

#B6E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC552B

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

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