#BC712B#BC712B

#BC712B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.125 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC712B
RGB	rgb(188, 113, 43)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(29, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 24.10, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 54.82, 63.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.0637 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.125 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0825, 22.6789, 5.2362)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC712B #2B76BC

analogous

#BC2B2D #BC712B #BCBA2B

triadic

#BC712B #2BBC71 #712BBC

tetradic

#BC712B #2DBC2B #2B76BC #BA2BBC

square

#BC712B #2DBC2B #2B76BC #BA2BBC

split-complementary

#BC712B #2BBCBA #2B2DBC

monochromatic

#583514 #8A5320 #BC712B #D6904E #E2AF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BC712B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#BC712B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC712B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC712B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC712B	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc712b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 113, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.125 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69a69',
    500: '#bc712b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc712b;
$custom-light: #d69a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc712b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.966,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61873,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC712B

secondary

#78A3CB

accent

#97E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC712B

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

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