#BC562C#BC562C

#BC562C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.143 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC562C
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 44)
HSL	hsl(18, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 38.47, 42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 57.64, 48.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1071 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.143 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5239, 17.5320, 4.4750)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC562C #2C92BC

analogous

#BC2C4A #BC562C #BC9E2C

triadic

#BC562C #2CBC56 #562CBC

tetradic

#BC562C #4ABC2C #2C92BC #9E2CBC

square

#BC562C #4ABC2C #2C92BC #9E2CBC

split-complementary

#BC562C #2CBC9E #2C4ABC

monochromatic

#592915 #8A3F20 #BC562C #D6774F #E19D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC562C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC562C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC562C

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC562C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC562C	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc562c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.143 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78868',
    500: '#bc562c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc562c;
$custom-light: #d78868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc562c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57414,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC562C

secondary

#79B3CA

accent

#B6E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC562C

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

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