#BC511F#BC511F

#BC511F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.151 H 42.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC511F
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 31)
HSL	hsl(19, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 40.50, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 62.82, 49.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1112 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.151 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9313, 16.6784, 3.2551)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC511F #1F8ABC

analogous

#BC1F3C #BC511F #BC9F1F

triadic

#BC511F #1FBC51 #511FBC

tetradic

#BC511F #3CBC1F #1F8ABC #9F1FBC

square

#BC511F #3CBC1F #1F8ABC #9F1FBC

split-complementary

#BC511F #1FBC9F #1F3CBC

monochromatic

#53240E #873A16 #BC511F #DE6E3A #E7956E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC511F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC511F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC511F

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC511F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC511F	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc511f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.151 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8855f',
    500: '#bc511f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc511f;
$custom-light: #d8855f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc511f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.108,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56567,
    "c": 0.15089,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC511F

secondary

#69AECD

accent

#B5EE39

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFE9

border

#D5CAC5

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC511F

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

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