#BF360C colour

#BF360C is an orange close to CSS firebrick. RGB 191, 54, 12, HSL 14, 88%, 40%. White text passes AA (5.60:1), black passes AA for large text (3.75:1).

#BF360C

Nearest CSS name: firebrick #b22222 (not an exact match)
Described as: an orange
Red, green, blue: 191, 54, 12
Material 2014: Deep Orange 900
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.1374 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#bf360c`
RGB	`rgb(191, 54, 12)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(74.9% 21.2% 4.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(14.1, 88.2%, 39.8%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(14.1, 93.7%, 74.9%)`
HWB	`hwb(14.1 4.7% 25.1%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 72%, 94%, 25%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(44.6% 54.13 53.75)`
OKLCH	`oklch(53.63% 0.1799 35.37)`
Decimal	`12531212`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 5.60:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 3.75:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	5.60:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass
Black	3.75:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail

White text is the better choice on #BF360C (5.60:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#c54822 18%#cb5b38 27%#d06d4e 36%#d67f64 45%#dc917a 55%#e2a491 64%#e8b6a7 73%#eec8bd 82%#f3dad3 91%#f9ede9

9%#ae310b 18%#9c2c0a 27%#8b2709 36%#7a2208 45%#681d07 55%#571905 64%#451404 73%#340f03 82%#230a02 91%#110501

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#bf360c #0c95bf

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#bf0c3c #bf360c #bf900c

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#bf360c #0cbf36 #360cbf

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#bf360c #0cbf90 #0c3cbf

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#bf360c #3cbf0c #0c95bf #900cbf

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#bf360c Protanopia#605400 Deuteranopia#827300 Tritanopia#d30030 Achromatopsia#686868

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

Material Deep Orange palette

50#fbe9e7 100#ffccbc 200#ffab91 300#ff8a65 400#ff7043 500#ff5722 600#f4511e 700#e64a19 800#d84315 900#bf360c A100#ff9e80 A200#ff6e40 A400#ff3d00 A700#dd2c00

CSS

Text colour	`color: #bf360c;`
Background	`background-color: #bf360c;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #bf360c;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(191 54 12 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #bf360c;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bf360c, #732007);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #d9866d, #bf360c);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #bf360c; color: #fff;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #BF360C to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.