#BC501F#BC501F

#BC501F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.152 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC501F
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 31)
HSL	hsl(19, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 40.99, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 63.01, 49.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1127 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.152 42)
XYZ	xyz(23.8576, 16.5309, 3.2305)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC501F #1F8BBC

analogous

#BC1F3D #BC501F #BC9E1F

triadic

#BC501F #1FBC50 #501FBC

tetradic

#BC501F #3DBC1F #1F8BBC #9E1FBC

square

#BC501F #3DBC1F #1F8BBC #9E1FBC

split-complementary

#BC501F #1FBC9E #1F3DBC

monochromatic

#53230E #873A16 #BC501F #DE6D3A #E7946E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC501F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC501F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC501F

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC501F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC501F	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc501f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.152 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8845f',
    500: '#bc501f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc501f;
$custom-light: #d8845f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc501f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.726,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56424,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.16528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC501F

secondary

#69AECD

accent

#B6EE39

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFE9

border

#D5CAC5

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC501F

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

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