#BC521F#BC521F

#BC521F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 43.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC521F
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 31)
HSL	hsl(19, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 40.01, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 62.63, 50.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1097 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.15 43)
XYZ	xyz(24.0062, 16.8281, 3.2801)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC521F #1F89BC

analogous

#BC1F3B #BC521F #BCA01F

triadic

#BC521F #1FBC52 #521FBC

tetradic

#BC521F #3BBC1F #1F89BC #A01FBC

square

#BC521F #3BBC1F #1F89BC #A01FBC

split-complementary

#BC521F #1FBCA0 #1F3BBC

monochromatic

#53240E #873B16 #BC521F #DE6F3A #E7966E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC521F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC521F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC521F

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC521F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC521F	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc521f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8855f',
    500: '#bc521f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc521f;
$custom-light: #d8855f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc521f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.49,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56712,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.16825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC521F

secondary

#69ADCD

accent

#B4EE39

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFE9

border

#D5CAC5

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC521F

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

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