#BC5531#BC5531

#BC5531 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.142 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5531
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 49)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 39.19, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 56.14, 45.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.1102 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.142 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5443, 17.4133, 4.9737)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5531 #3198BC

analogous

#BC3152 #BC5531 #BC9B31

triadic

#BC5531 #31BC55 #5531BC

tetradic

#BC5531 #52BC31 #3198BC #9B31BC

square

#BC5531 #52BC31 #3198BC #9B31BC

split-complementary

#BC5531 #31BC9B #3152BC

monochromatic

#5B2918 #8B3F24 #BC5531 #D37757 #E09E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC5531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC5531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5531

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5531	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)

#71662D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.142 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7876b',
    500: '#bc5531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5531;
$custom-light: #d7876b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.54,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57318,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5531

secondary

#7FB6CA

accent

#B9E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5531

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

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