#BC4D23#BC4D23

#BC4D23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.153 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D23
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 35)
HSL	hsl(16, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 42.56, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 62.34, 46.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1181 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.153 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6988, 16.1237, 3.4541)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D23 #2392BC

analogous

#BC2345 #BC4D23 #BC9923

triadic

#BC4D23 #23BC4D #4D23BC

tetradic

#BC4D23 #45BC23 #2392BC #9923BC

square

#BC4D23 #45BC23 #2392BC #9923BC

split-complementary

#BC4D23 #23BC99 #2345BC

monochromatic

#552310 #883819 #BC4D23 #DC6B41 #E59374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D23

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D23	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C601D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.153 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88261',
    500: '#bc4d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d23;
$custom-light: #d88261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.471,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56033,
    "c": 0.15335,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D23

secondary

#6FB3CC

accent

#BBEB3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D23

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

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