#BC572E#BC572E

#BC572E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.141 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC572E
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 38.05, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 56.77, 47.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.1062 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.141 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6428, 17.7082, 4.7046)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC572E #2E93BC

analogous

#BC2E4C #BC572E #BC9E2E

triadic

#BC572E #2EBC57 #572EBC

tetradic

#BC572E #4CBC2E #2E93BC #9E2EBC

square

#BC572E #4CBC2E #2E93BC #9E2EBC

split-complementary

#BC572E #2EBC9E #2E4CBC

monochromatic

#5A2916 #8B4022 #BC572E #D57852 #E19F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BC572E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BC572E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC572E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC572E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC572E	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc572e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.141 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78969',
    500: '#bc572e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc572e;
$custom-light: #d78969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc572e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.324,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57585,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC572E

secondary

#7CB3CA

accent

#B6E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC572E

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

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