#BC5532#BC5532

#BC5532 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.142 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5532
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, 39.24, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 55.80, 45.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1105 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.142 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5657, 17.4218, 5.0861)
Luminance	0.1742 (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

#BC5532 #3299BC

analogous

#BC3254 #BC5532 #BC9A32

triadic

#BC5532 #32BC55 #5532BC

tetradic

#BC5532 #54BC32 #3299BC #9A32BC

square

#BC5532 #54BC32 #3299BC #9A32BC

split-complementary

#BC5532 #32BC9A #3254BC

monochromatic

#5B2918 #8C3F25 #BC5532 #D37758 #E09F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC5532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC5532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5532

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5532	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71662E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.142 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7876b',
    500: '#bc5532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5532;
$custom-light: #d7876b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.217,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5733,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5532

secondary

#80B7C9

accent

#BAE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5532

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

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