#BC7232#BC7232

#BC7232 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.122 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7232
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 50)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 23.87, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 52.11, 62.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.064 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.122 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3343, 22.9591, 6.0090)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7232 #327CBC

analogous

#BC3237 #BC7232 #BCB732

triadic

#BC7232 #32BC72 #7232BC

tetradic

#BC7232 #37BC32 #327CBC #B732BC

square

#BC7232 #37BC32 #327CBC #B732BC

split-complementary

#BC7232 #32BCB7 #3237BC

monochromatic

#5B3718 #8C5525 #BC7232 #D39158 #E0B189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BC7232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BC7232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7232

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7232	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)

#887A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.122 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69b6d',
    500: '#bc7232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7232;
$custom-light: #d69b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.826,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62115,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7232

secondary

#80A8C9

accent

#9AE147

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7232

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

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