#BC552F#BC552F

#BC552F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.143 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC552F
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 47)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 39.10, 41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 56.81, 46.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1096 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.143 40)
XYZ	xyz(24.5031, 17.3968, 4.7564)
Luminance	0.1739 (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

#BC552F #2F96BC

analogous

#BC2F4F #BC552F #BC9B2F

triadic

#BC552F #2FBC55 #552FBC

tetradic

#BC552F #4FBC2F #2F96BC #9B2FBC

square

#BC552F #4FBC2F #2F96BC #9B2FBC

split-complementary

#BC552F #2FBC9B #2F4FBC

monochromatic

#5A2917 #8B3F23 #BC552F #D47754 #E09E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC552F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC552F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC552F

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC552F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC552F	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)

#71662A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc552f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.143 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78769',
    500: '#bc552f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc552f;
$custom-light: #d78769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc552f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.17,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57296,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.17394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC552F

secondary

#7DB5CA

accent

#B8E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC552F

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

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