#BC471E#BC471E

#BC471E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.160 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC471E
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 30)
HSL	hsl(16, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 45.22, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 65.10, 46.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% 0.1254 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.16 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2292, 15.2949, 2.9571)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC471E #1E93BC

analogous

#BC1E44 #BC471E #BC961E

triadic

#BC471E #1EBC47 #471EBC

tetradic

#BC471E #44BC1E #1E93BC #961EBC

square

#BC471E #44BC1E #1E93BC #961EBC

split-complementary

#BC471E #1EBC96 #1E44BC

monochromatic

#521F0D #873316 #BC471E #DF6338 #E88D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#BC471E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#BC471E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC471E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC471E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC471E	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc471e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.160 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97f5e',
    500: '#bc471e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc471e;
$custom-light: #d97f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc471e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.57,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55189,
    "c": 0.15979,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC471E

secondary

#68B3CE

accent

#C0EF39

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC471E

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

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