#BC7231#BC7231

#BC7231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.122 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7231
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(28, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(28, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 23.82, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 52.50, 63.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.0637 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.122 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3130, 22.9505, 5.8966)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7231 #317BBC

analogous

#BC3135 #BC7231 #BCB831

triadic

#BC7231 #31BC72 #7231BC

tetradic

#BC7231 #35BC31 #317BBC #B831BC

square

#BC7231 #35BC31 #317BBC #B831BC

split-complementary

#BC7231 #31BCB8 #3135BC

monochromatic

#5B3718 #8B5524 #BC7231 #D39157 #E0B188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC7231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BC7231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7231

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7231	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.122 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69b6d',
    500: '#bc7231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7231;
$custom-light: #d69b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.058,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62106,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7231

secondary

#7FA7CA

accent

#99E246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7231

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

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