#BC572D#BC572D

#BC572D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.142 H 41.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC572D
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 45)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 38.01, 42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 57.11, 48.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.1059 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.142 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6233, 17.7004, 4.6020)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC572D #2D92BC

analogous

#BC2D4B #BC572D #BC9E2D

triadic

#BC572D #2DBC57 #572DBC

tetradic

#BC572D #4BBC2D #2D92BC #9E2DBC

square

#BC572D #4BBC2D #2D92BC #9E2DBC

split-complementary

#BC572D #2DBC9E #2D4BBC

monochromatic

#592915 #8B4021 #BC572D #D57851 #E19E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BC572D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BC572D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC572D

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC572D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC572D	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)

#736728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc572d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.142 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78968',
    500: '#bc572d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc572d;
$custom-light: #d78968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc572d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.622,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57575,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC572D

secondary

#7BB3CA

accent

#B5E443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC572D

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

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