#BC4F23#BC4F23

#BC4F23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.152 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F23
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 35)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 41.60, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 61.94, 47.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1151 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.152 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8409, 16.4079, 3.5014)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F23 #2390BC

analogous

#BC2343 #BC4F23 #BC9B23

triadic

#BC4F23 #23BC4F #4F23BC

tetradic

#BC4F23 #43BC23 #2390BC #9B23BC

square

#BC4F23 #43BC23 #2390BC #9B23BC

split-complementary

#BC4F23 #23BC9B #2343BC

monochromatic

#552410 #883919 #BC4F23 #DC6D41 #E59574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F23

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F23	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)

#6E611D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.152 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88461',
    500: '#bc4f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f23;
$custom-light: #d88461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.255,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56313,
    "c": 0.1516,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F23

secondary

#6FB1CC

accent

#B9EB3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F23

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

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