#BC642F#BC642F

#BC642F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.131 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC642F
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 47)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, 31.32, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 54.38, 54.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.0859 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.131 49)
XYZ	xyz(25.8117, 20.0139, 5.1926)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC642F #2F87BC

analogous

#BC2F40 #BC642F #BCAA2F

triadic

#BC642F #2FBC64 #642FBC

tetradic

#BC642F #40BC2F #2F87BC #AA2FBC

square

#BC642F #40BC2F #2F87BC #AA2FBC

split-complementary

#BC642F #2FBCAA #2F40BC

monochromatic

#5A3017 #8B4A23 #BC642F #D48454 #E0A785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BC642F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BC642F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC642F

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC642F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC642F	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc642f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.131 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6916a',
    500: '#bc642f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc642f;
$custom-light: #d6916a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc642f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.553,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59661,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.20011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC642F

secondary

#7DADCA

accent

#A8E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC642F

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

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