#BC712E#BC712E

#BC712E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.124 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC712E
RGB	rgb(188, 113, 46)
HSL	hsl(28, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(28, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 24.23, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 53.69, 63.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.0645 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.124 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1396, 22.7017, 5.5368)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC712E #2E79BC

analogous

#BC2E32 #BC712E #BCB82E

triadic

#BC712E #2EBC71 #712EBC

tetradic

#BC712E #32BC2E #2E79BC #B82EBC

square

#BC712E #32BC2E #2E79BC #B82EBC

split-complementary

#BC712E #2EBCB8 #2E32BC

monochromatic

#5A3616 #8B5322 #BC712E #D59052 #E1B084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BC712E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#BC712E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC712E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC712E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC712E	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)

#887925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc712e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 113, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.124 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69a6b',
    500: '#bc712e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc712e;
$custom-light: #d69a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc712e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.31,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61899,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC712E

secondary

#7CA5CA

accent

#98E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC712E

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

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