#BC741C#BC741C

#BC741C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.131 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC741C
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 28)
HSL	hsl(33, 74%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(33, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 85.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 21.94, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 59.84, 68.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.0554 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.131 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1964, 23.2688, 4.1574)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC741C #1C64BC

analogous

#BC241C #BC741C #B4BC1C

triadic

#BC741C #1CBC74 #741CBC

tetradic

#BC741C #1CBC24 #1C64BC #BC1CB4

square

#BC741C #1CBC24 #1C64BC #BC1CB4

split-complementary

#BC741C #1CB4BC #241CBC

monochromatic

#51320C #875314 #BC741C #E19334 #E9B06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BC741C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BC741C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC741C

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC741C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC741C	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc741c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.131 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79c61',
    500: '#bc741c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc741c;
$custom-light: #d79c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc741c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62314,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC741C

secondary

#6595CE

accent

#8BF137

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E05

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC741C

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

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