#BC541F#BC541F

#BC541F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.148 H 44.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC541F
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 31)
HSL	hsl(20, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, 39.02, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 62.27, 51.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.1067 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.148 44)
XYZ	xyz(24.1592, 17.1342, 3.3311)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC541F #1F87BC

analogous

#BC1F38 #BC541F #BCA21F

triadic

#BC541F #1FBC54 #541FBC

tetradic

#BC541F #38BC1F #1F87BC #A21FBC

square

#BC541F #38BC1F #1F87BC #A21FBC

split-complementary

#BC541F #1FBCA2 #1F38BC

monochromatic

#53250E #873D16 #BC541F #DE713A #E7976E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC541F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC541F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC541F

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC541F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC541F	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc541f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.148 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88760',
    500: '#bc541f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc541f;
$custom-light: #d88760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc541f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.255,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57005,
    "c": 0.14839,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.17131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC541F

secondary

#69ACCD

accent

#B1EE39

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC541F

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

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