#BC562D#BC562D

#BC562D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.143 H 41.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC562D
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 45)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 38.51, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 57.30, 47.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1074 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.143 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5429, 17.5396, 4.5752)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC562D #2D93BC

analogous

#BC2D4B #BC562D #BC9D2D

triadic

#BC562D #2DBC56 #562DBC

tetradic

#BC562D #4BBC2D #2D93BC #9D2DBC

square

#BC562D #4BBC2D #2D93BC #9D2DBC

split-complementary

#BC562D #2DBC9D #2D4BBC

monochromatic

#592915 #8B3F21 #BC562D #D57751 #E19D82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC562D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC562D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC562D

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC562D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC562D	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)

#726628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc562d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.143 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78868',
    500: '#bc562d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc562d;
$custom-light: #d78868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc562d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.203,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57424,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC562D

secondary

#7BB3CA

accent

#B6E443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC562D

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

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