#BC491E#BC491E

#BC491E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.158 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC491E
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(16, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 44.30, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 64.69, 46.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.1226 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.158 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3585, 15.5535, 3.0002)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC491E #1E91BC

analogous

#BC1E42 #BC491E #BC981E

triadic

#BC491E #1EBC49 #491EBC

tetradic

#BC491E #42BC1E #1E91BC #981EBC

square

#BC491E #42BC1E #1E91BC #981EBC

split-complementary

#BC491E #1EBC98 #1E42BC

monochromatic

#52200D #873516 #BC491E #DF6538 #E88E6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#BC491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#BC491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC491E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC491E	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.158 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9805e',
    500: '#bc491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc491e;
$custom-light: #d9805e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.329,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55452,
    "c": 0.15803,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC491E

secondary

#68B2CE

accent

#BDEF39

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFE9

border

#D5CAC5

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC491E

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

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