#BC562B#BC562B

#BC562B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.143 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC562B
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 43)
HSL	hsl(18, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 38.43, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 57.97, 48.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1068 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.143 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5053, 17.5245, 4.3772)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC562B #2B91BC

analogous

#BC2B48 #BC562B #BC9E2B

triadic

#BC562B #2BBC56 #562BBC

tetradic

#BC562B #48BC2B #2B91BC #9E2BBC

square

#BC562B #48BC2B #2B91BC #9E2BBC

split-complementary

#BC562B #2BBC9E #2B48BC

monochromatic

#582814 #8A3F20 #BC562B #D6764E #E29D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC562B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC562B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC562B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC562B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC562B	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)

#726626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc562b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.143 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78867',
    500: '#bc562b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc562b;
$custom-light: #d78867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc562b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.793,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57404,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC562B

secondary

#78B2CB

accent

#B5E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC562B

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

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