#BC4F28#BC4F28

#BC4F28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.150 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F28
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 40)
HSL	hsl(16, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 41.77, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 60.32, 46.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1165 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.15 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9205, 16.4398, 3.9207)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F28 #2895BC

analogous

#BC284B #BC4F28 #BC9928

triadic

#BC4F28 #28BC4F #4F28BC

tetradic

#BC4F28 #4BBC28 #2895BC #9928BC

square

#BC4F28 #4BBC28 #2895BC #9928BC

split-complementary

#BC4F28 #28BC99 #284BBC

monochromatic

#572513 #8A3A1D #BC4F28 #D86F49 #E3977B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F28

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F28	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.150 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88465',
    500: '#bc4f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f28;
$custom-light: #d88465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.811,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56357,
    "c": 0.15029,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F28

secondary

#75B4CB

accent

#BCE840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F28

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

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