#BC4F29#BC4F29

#BC4F29 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.150 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F29
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 41)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 41.81, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 60.00, 45.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1168 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.15 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9378, 16.4467, 4.0114)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F29 #2996BC

analogous

#BC294D #BC4F29 #BC9829

triadic

#BC4F29 #29BC4F #4F29BC

tetradic

#BC4F29 #4DBC29 #2996BC #9829BC

square

#BC4F29 #4DBC29 #2996BC #9829BC

split-complementary

#BC4F29 #29BC98 #294DBC

monochromatic

#582513 #8A3A1E #BC4F29 #D86F4B #E3977D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F29

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F29	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)

#6D6224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.150 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88465',
    500: '#bc4f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f29;
$custom-light: #d88465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.51,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56367,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F29

secondary

#76B5CB

accent

#BCE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F29

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

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