#BC481E#BC481E

#BC481E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.159 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC481E
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 30)
HSL	hsl(16, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 44.76, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 64.90, 46.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.124 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.159 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2933, 15.4232, 2.9785)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC481E #1E92BC

analogous

#BC1E43 #BC481E #BC971E

triadic

#BC481E #1EBC48 #481EBC

tetradic

#BC481E #43BC1E #1E92BC #971EBC

square

#BC481E #43BC1E #1E92BC #971EBC

split-complementary

#BC481E #1EBC97 #1E43BC

monochromatic

#52200D #873416 #BC481E #DF6438 #E88D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#BC481E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#BC481E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC481E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC481E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC481E	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc481e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.159 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97f5e',
    500: '#bc481e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc481e;
$custom-light: #d97f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc481e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.949,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5532,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC481E

secondary

#68B3CE

accent

#BFEF39

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFE9

border

#D5CAC5

text

#160A04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC481E

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

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