#BC572B#BC572B

#BC572B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.142 H 42.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC572B
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 43)
HSL	hsl(18, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 37.92, 43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 57.79, 48.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1053 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.142 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5857, 17.6853, 4.4040)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC572B #2B90BC

analogous

#BC2B47 #BC572B #BCA02B

triadic

#BC572B #2BBC57 #572BBC

tetradic

#BC572B #47BC2B #2B90BC #A02BBC

square

#BC572B #47BC2B #2B90BC #A02BBC

split-complementary

#BC572B #2BBCA0 #2B47BC

monochromatic

#582914 #8A4020 #BC572B #D6774E #E29D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BC572B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BC572B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC572B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC572B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC572B	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)

#736725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc572b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.142 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78967',
    500: '#bc572b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc572b;
$custom-light: #d78967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc572b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.207,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57555,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC572B

secondary

#78B2CB

accent

#B4E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC572B

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

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