#BC4E28#BC4E28

#BC4E28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.151 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E28
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 40)
HSL	hsl(15, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 42.26, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 60.53, 45.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.118 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.151 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8490, 16.2966, 3.8968)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E28 #2896BC

analogous

#BC284C #BC4E28 #BC9828

triadic

#BC4E28 #28BC4E #4E28BC

tetradic

#BC4E28 #4CBC28 #2896BC #9828BC

square

#BC4E28 #4CBC28 #2896BC #9828BC

split-complementary

#BC4E28 #28BC98 #284CBC

monochromatic

#572413 #8A391D #BC4E28 #D86E49 #E3967B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E28

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E28	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.151 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88364',
    500: '#bc4e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e28;
$custom-light: #d88364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.405,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56217,
    "c": 0.15119,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E28

secondary

#75B5CB

accent

#BDE840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E28

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

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