#BC5121#BC5121

#BC5121 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.150 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5121
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 33)
HSL	hsl(19, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 40.56, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 62.19, 49.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1117 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.15 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9585, 16.6893, 3.3983)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5121 #218CBC

analogous

#BC213E #BC5121 #BC9E21

triadic

#BC5121 #21BC51 #5121BC

tetradic

#BC5121 #3EBC21 #218CBC #9E21BC

square

#BC5121 #3EBC21 #218CBC #9E21BC

split-complementary

#BC5121 #21BC9E #213EBC

monochromatic

#54240F #883B18 #BC5121 #DD6F3D #E69571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC5121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC5121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5121

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5121	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)

#6F631A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.150 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88560',
    500: '#bc5121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5121;
$custom-light: #d88560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.581,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56582,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5121

secondary

#6CAFCD

accent

#B6ED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5121

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

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