#BC4D27#BC4D27

#BC4D27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.152 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D27
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 39)
HSL	hsl(15, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 42.70, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 61.05, 45.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1192 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.152 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7617, 16.1489, 3.7849)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D27 #2796BC

analogous

#BC274C #BC4D27 #BC9827

triadic

#BC4D27 #27BC4D #4D27BC

tetradic

#BC4D27 #4CBC27 #2796BC #9827BC

square

#BC4D27 #4CBC27 #2796BC #9827BC

split-complementary

#BC4D27 #27BC98 #274CBC

monochromatic

#572312 #89381C #BC4D27 #D96C47 #E3957A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D27

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D27	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.152 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88264',
    500: '#bc4d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d27;
$custom-light: #d88264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.302,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56069,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D27

secondary

#73B5CB

accent

#BDE93F

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D27

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

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