#BC512C#BC512C

#BC512C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.147 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC512C
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 44)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 40.96, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 58.61, 45.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1147 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.147 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1386, 16.7613, 4.3465)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC512C #2C97BC

analogous

#BC2C4F #BC512C #BC992C

triadic

#BC512C #2CBC51 #512CBC

tetradic

#BC512C #4FBC2C #2C97BC #992CBC

square

#BC512C #4FBC2C #2C97BC #992CBC

split-complementary

#BC512C #2CBC99 #2C4FBC

monochromatic

#592615 #8A3C20 #BC512C #D6724F #E19A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC512C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC512C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC512C

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC512C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC512C	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)

#6F6327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc512c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.147 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88567',
    500: '#bc512c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc512c;
$custom-light: #d88567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc512c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.417,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56681,
    "c": 0.14739,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC512C

secondary

#79B6CA

accent

#BBE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC512C

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

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