#BC552C#BC552C

#BC552C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.144 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC552C
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 38.97, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 57.82, 47.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1086 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.144 41)
XYZ	xyz(24.4446, 17.3734, 4.4486)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC552C #2C93BC

analogous

#BC2C4B #BC552C #BC9D2C

triadic

#BC552C #2CBC55 #552CBC

tetradic

#BC552C #4BBC2C #2C93BC #9D2CBC

square

#BC552C #4BBC2C #2C93BC #9D2CBC

split-complementary

#BC552C #2CBC9D #2C4BBC

monochromatic

#592815 #8A3F20 #BC552C #D6764F #E19C81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC552C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC552C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC552C

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC552C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC552C	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc552c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.144 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78768',
    500: '#bc552c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc552c;
$custom-light: #d78768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc552c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.083,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57265,
    "c": 0.14384,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.1737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC552C

secondary

#79B3CA

accent

#B7E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC552C

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

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