#BC552E#BC552E

#BC552E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.143 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC552E
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 39.06, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 57.15, 46.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1092 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.143 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4831, 17.3888, 4.6514)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC552E #2E95BC

analogous

#BC2E4E #BC552E #BC9C2E

triadic

#BC552E #2EBC55 #552EBC

tetradic

#BC552E #4EBC2E #2E95BC #9C2EBC

square

#BC552E #4EBC2E #2E95BC #9C2EBC

split-complementary

#BC552E #2EBC9C #2E4EBC

monochromatic

#5A2916 #8B3F22 #BC552E #D57652 #E19D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC552E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC552E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC552E	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)

#716629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.143 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78769',
    500: '#bc552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc552e;
$custom-light: #d78769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.479,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57286,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC552E

secondary

#7CB5CA

accent

#B8E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC552E

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

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