#BC4F20#BC4F20

#BC4F20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.152 H 41.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F20
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 32)
HSL	hsl(18, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 41.51, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 62.89, 48.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1144 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.152 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7983, 16.3909, 3.2768)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F20 #208DBC

analogous

#BC203F #BC4F20 #BC9D20

triadic

#BC4F20 #20BC4F #4F20BC

tetradic

#BC4F20 #3FBC20 #208DBC #9D20BC

square

#BC4F20 #3FBC20 #208DBC #9D20BC

split-complementary

#BC4F20 #20BC9D #203FBC

monochromatic

#53230E #883917 #BC4F20 #DE6C3B #E79470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4F20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F20

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F20	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.152 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88460',
    500: '#bc4f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f20;
$custom-light: #d88460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.077,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56289,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F20

secondary

#6BAFCD

accent

#B8EE3A

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F20

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

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