#BC7823#BC7823

#BC7823 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.127 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7823
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 35)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(33, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 19.95, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 57.59, 69.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0504 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.127 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7612, 24.2484, 4.8082)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7823 #2367BC

analogous

#BC2B23 #BC7823 #B3BC23

triadic

#BC7823 #23BC78 #7823BC

tetradic

#BC7823 #23BC2B #2367BC #BC23B3

square

#BC7823 #23BC2B #2367BC #BC23B3

split-complementary

#BC7823 #23B3BC #2B23BC

monochromatic

#553610 #885719 #BC7823 #DC9741 #E5B374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BC7823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BC7823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7823

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7823	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.127 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69f65',
    500: '#bc7823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7823;
$custom-light: #d69f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63091,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7823

secondary

#6F98CC

accent

#8AEB3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7823

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

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