#BC7523#BC7523

#BC7523 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.128 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7523
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 35)
HSL	hsl(32, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(32, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 21.61, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 57.59, 67.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0552 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.128 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4060, 23.5381, 4.6898)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7523 #236ABC

analogous

#BC2823 #BC7523 #B6BC23

triadic

#BC7523 #23BC75 #7523BC

tetradic

#BC7523 #23BC28 #236ABC #BC23B6

square

#BC7523 #23BC28 #236ABC #BC23B6

split-complementary

#BC7523 #23B6BC #2823BC

monochromatic

#553510 #885519 #BC7523 #DC9441 #E5B174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BC7523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BC7523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7523

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7523	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.128 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69d65',
    500: '#bc7523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7523;
$custom-light: #d69d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.157,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62538,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7523

secondary

#6F9ACC

accent

#8EEB3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7523

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

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