#BC562A#BC562A

#BC562A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.144 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC562A
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 42)
HSL	hsl(18, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 38.39, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 58.31, 48.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1065 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.144 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4872, 17.5173, 4.2817)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC562A #2A90BC

analogous

#BC2A47 #BC562A #BC9F2A

triadic

#BC562A #2ABC56 #562ABC

tetradic

#BC562A #47BC2A #2A90BC #9F2ABC

square

#BC562A #47BC2A #2A90BC #9F2ABC

split-complementary

#BC562A #2ABC9F #2A47BC

monochromatic

#582814 #8A3F1F #BC562A #D7764C #E29C7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC562A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC562A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC562A

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC562A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC562A	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc562a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.144 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78866',
    500: '#bc562a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc562a;
$custom-light: #d78866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc562a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.082,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57395,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC562A

secondary

#77B2CB

accent

#B5E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC562A

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

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