#BC562E#BC562E

#BC562E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.142 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC562E
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 38.55, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 56.96, 47.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.1077 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.142 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5624, 17.5474, 4.6778)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC562E #2E94BC

analogous

#BC2E4D #BC562E #BC9D2E

triadic

#BC562E #2EBC56 #562EBC

tetradic

#BC562E #4DBC2E #2E94BC #9D2EBC

square

#BC562E #4DBC2E #2E94BC #9D2EBC

split-complementary

#BC562E #2EBC9D #2E4DBC

monochromatic

#5A2916 #8B4022 #BC562E #D57752 #E19E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC562E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC562E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC562E

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC562E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC562E	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)

#726629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc562e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.142 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78869',
    500: '#bc562e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc562e;
$custom-light: #d78869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc562e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.901,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57435,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC562E

secondary

#7CB4CA

accent

#B7E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC562E

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

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