#BC7A23#BC7A23

#BC7A23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.126 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7A23
RGB	rgb(188, 122, 35)
HSL	hsl(34, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(34, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 18.85, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 57.63, 70.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.0471 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.126 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0042, 24.7345, 4.8892)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7A23 #2365BC

analogous

#BC2E23 #BC7A23 #B1BC23

triadic

#BC7A23 #23BC7A #7A23BC

tetradic

#BC7A23 #23BC2E #2365BC #BC23B1

square

#BC7A23 #23BC2E #2365BC #BC23B1

split-complementary

#BC7A23 #23B1BC #2E23BC

monochromatic

#553710 #885919 #BC7A23 #DC9941 #E5B474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#BC7A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#BC7A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7A23

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7A23	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 122, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.126 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a066',
    500: '#bc7a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7a23;
$custom-light: #d6a066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.118,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63464,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7A23

secondary

#6F97CC

accent

#88EB3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7A23

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

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