#BC512B#BC512B

#BC512B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.148 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC512B
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 40.92, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 58.94, 46.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1144 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.148 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1200, 16.7539, 4.2487)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC512B #2B96BC

analogous

#BC2B4D #BC512B #BC992B

triadic

#BC512B #2BBC51 #512BBC

tetradic

#BC512B #4DBC2B #2B96BC #992BBC

square

#BC512B #4DBC2B #2B96BC #992BBC

split-complementary

#BC512B #2BBC99 #2B4DBC

monochromatic

#582614 #8A3C20 #BC512B #D6724E #E29980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC512B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC512B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC512B

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC512B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC512B	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc512b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.148 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88567',
    500: '#bc512b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc512b;
$custom-light: #d88567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc512b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.724,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56671,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC512B

secondary

#78B5CB

accent

#BBE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC512B

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

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