#BC512D#BC512D

#BC512D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.147 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC512D
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 41.00, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 58.28, 45.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.115 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.147 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1576, 16.7689, 4.4467)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC512D #2D98BC

analogous

#BC2D50 #BC512D #BC982D

triadic

#BC512D #2DBC51 #512DBC

tetradic

#BC512D #50BC2D #2D98BC #982DBC

square

#BC512D #50BC2D #2D98BC #982DBC

split-complementary

#BC512D #2DBC98 #2D50BC

monochromatic

#592615 #8B3C21 #BC512D #D57251 #E19A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC512D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC512D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC512D

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC512D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC512D	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc512d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.147 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88568',
    500: '#bc512d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc512d;
$custom-light: #d88568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc512d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.105,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56691,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC512D

secondary

#7BB6CA

accent

#BCE443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC512D

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

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