#BC552D#BC552D

#BC552D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.144 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC552D
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 45)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 39.01, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 57.48, 47.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1089 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.144 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4636, 17.3810, 4.5488)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC552D #2D94BC

analogous

#BC2D4D #BC552D #BC9C2D

triadic

#BC552D #2DBC55 #552DBC

tetradic

#BC552D #4DBC2D #2D94BC #9C2DBC

square

#BC552D #4DBC2D #2D94BC #9C2DBC

split-complementary

#BC552D #2DBC9C #2D4DBC

monochromatic

#592815 #8B3F21 #BC552D #D57651 #E19D82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC552D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC552D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC552D

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC552D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC552D	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc552d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.144 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78768',
    500: '#bc552d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc552d;
$custom-light: #d78768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc552d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.783,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57275,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC552D

secondary

#7BB4CA

accent

#B7E443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC552D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →