#BC721C#BC721C

#BC721C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.131 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC721C
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 28)
HSL	hsl(32, 74%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(32, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 85.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 23.04, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 59.88, 67.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.0586 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.131 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9683, 22.8127, 4.0814)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC721C #1C66BC

analogous

#BC221C #BC721C #B6BC1C

triadic

#BC721C #1CBC72 #721CBC

tetradic

#BC721C #1CBC22 #1C66BC #BC1CB6

square

#BC721C #1CBC22 #1C66BC #BC1CB6

split-complementary

#BC721C #1CB6BC #221CBC

monochromatic

#51310C #875214 #BC721C #E19134 #E9AE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC721C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC721C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC721C

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC721C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC721C	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc721c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.131 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79b61',
    500: '#bc721c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc721c;
$custom-light: #d79b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc721c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.25,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6195,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC721C

secondary

#6596CE

accent

#8DF137

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E05

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC721C

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

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