#BC4B1F#BC4B1F

#BC4B1F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.156 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B1F
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 31)
HSL	hsl(17, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(17, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 43.39, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 63.98, 47.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.12 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.156 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5050, 15.8257, 3.1130)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B1F #1F90BC

analogous

#BC1F42 #BC4B1F #BC991F

triadic

#BC4B1F #1FBC4B #4B1FBC

tetradic

#BC4B1F #42BC1F #1F90BC #991FBC

square

#BC4B1F #42BC1F #1F90BC #991FBC

split-complementary

#BC4B1F #1FBC99 #1F42BC

monochromatic

#53210E #873616 #BC4B1F #DE683A #E7906E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BC4B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BC4B1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B1F

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B1F	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87781A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.156 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9815f',
    500: '#bc4b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b1f;
$custom-light: #d9815f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.815,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55728,
    "c": 0.15606,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B1F

secondary

#69B1CD

accent

#BCEE39

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFE9

border

#D5CAC5

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B1F

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