#BC4F25#BC4F25

#BC4F25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.151 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F25
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 37)
HSL	hsl(17, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 41.67, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 61.30, 47.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1157 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.151 40)
XYZ	xyz(23.8715, 16.4201, 3.6623)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F25 #2592BC

analogous

#BC2546 #BC4F25 #BC9B25

triadic

#BC4F25 #25BC4F #4F25BC

tetradic

#BC4F25 #46BC25 #2592BC #9B25BC

square

#BC4F25 #46BC25 #2592BC #9B25BC

split-complementary

#BC4F25 #25BC9B #2546BC

monochromatic

#562411 #893A1B #BC4F25 #DA6E44 #E49577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4F25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4F25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F25

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F25	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E621F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.151 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88463',
    500: '#bc4f25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f25;
$custom-light: #d88463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.689,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5633,
    "c": 0.15108,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.16417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F25

secondary

#71B3CC

accent

#BAEA3E

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F25

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

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