#BC5530#BC5530

#BC5530 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.143 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5530
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 48)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 39.15, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 56.47, 46.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1099 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.143 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5235, 17.4049, 4.8638)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5530 #3097BC

analogous

#BC3051 #BC5530 #BC9B30

triadic

#BC5530 #30BC55 #5530BC

tetradic

#BC5530 #51BC30 #3097BC #9B30BC

square

#BC5530 #51BC30 #3097BC #9B30BC

split-complementary

#BC5530 #30BC9B #3051BC

monochromatic

#5A2917 #8B3F24 #BC5530 #D47755 #E09E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC5530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC5530 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5530

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5530	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)

#71662C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.143 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7876a',
    500: '#bc5530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5530;
$custom-light: #d7876a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57307,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5530

secondary

#7EB6CA

accent

#B9E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5530

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

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