#BC592C#BC592C

#BC592C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.140 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC592C
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 44)
HSL	hsl(19, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 36.95, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 57.10, 49.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1024 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.14 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7685, 18.0211, 4.5565)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC592C #2C8FBC

analogous

#BC2C47 #BC592C #BCA12C

triadic

#BC592C #2CBC59 #592CBC

tetradic

#BC592C #47BC2C #2C8FBC #A12CBC

square

#BC592C #47BC2C #2C8FBC #A12CBC

split-complementary

#BC592C #2CBCA1 #2C47BC

monochromatic

#592A15 #8A4220 #BC592C #D6794F #E19F81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BC592C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BC592C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC592C

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC592C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC592C	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc592c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.140 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a68',
    500: '#bc592c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc592c;
$custom-light: #d78a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc592c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5787,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC592C

secondary

#79B1CA

accent

#B2E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC592C

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

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