#BC7234#BC7234

#BC7234 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.121 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7234
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 52)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 23.97, 45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 51.32, 62.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0646 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.121 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3784, 22.9767, 6.2412)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7234 #347EBC

analogous

#BC343A #BC7234 #BCB634

triadic

#BC7234 #34BC72 #7234BC

tetradic

#BC7234 #3ABC34 #347EBC #B634BC

square

#BC7234 #3ABC34 #347EBC #B634BC

split-complementary

#BC7234 #34BCB6 #343ABC

monochromatic

#5C3819 #8C5527 #BC7234 #D2915B #DFB28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC7234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BC7234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7234

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7234	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#887A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.121 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69b6f',
    500: '#bc7234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7234;
$custom-light: #d69b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.353,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62135,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7234

secondary

#83A9C9

accent

#9BE048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7234

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

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