#BC572A#BC572A

#BC572A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.143 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC572A
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 42)
HSL	hsl(18, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 37.88, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 58.13, 49.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.105 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.143 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5676, 17.6781, 4.3085)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC572A #2A8FBC

analogous

#BC2A46 #BC572A #BCA02A

triadic

#BC572A #2ABC57 #572ABC

tetradic

#BC572A #46BC2A #2A8FBC #A02ABC

square

#BC572A #46BC2A #2A8FBC #A02ABC

split-complementary

#BC572A #2ABCA0 #2A46BC

monochromatic

#582914 #8A401F #BC572A #D7774C #E29D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BC572A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BC572A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC572A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC572A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC572A	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc572a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.143 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78966',
    500: '#bc572a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc572a;
$custom-light: #d78966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc572a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.493,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57545,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC572A

secondary

#77B1CB

accent

#B4E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC572A

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

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