#BC731C#BC731C

#BC731C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.131 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC731C
RGB	rgb(188, 115, 28)
HSL	hsl(33, 74%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(33, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 85.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 22.49, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 59.86, 67.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.057 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.131 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0817, 23.0395, 4.1192)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC731C #1C65BC

analogous

#BC231C #BC731C #B5BC1C

triadic

#BC731C #1CBC73 #731CBC

tetradic

#BC731C #1CBC23 #1C65BC #BC1CB5

square

#BC731C #1CBC23 #1C65BC #BC1CB5

split-complementary

#BC731C #1CB5BC #231CBC

monochromatic

#51320C #875214 #BC731C #E19234 #E9AF6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC731C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#BC731C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC731C

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC731C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC731C	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc731c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 115, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.131 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79b61',
    500: '#bc731c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc731c;
$custom-light: #d79b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc731c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.625,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62131,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC731C

secondary

#6595CE

accent

#8CF137

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E05

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC731C

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

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