#BC7B23#BC7B23

#BC7B23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.126 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7B23
RGB	rgb(188, 123, 35)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(35, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 18.30, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 57.66, 71.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.0455 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.126 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1276, 24.9813, 4.9303)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7B23 #2364BC

analogous

#BC2E23 #BC7B23 #B0BC23

triadic

#BC7B23 #23BC7B #7B23BC

tetradic

#BC7B23 #23BC2E #2364BC #BC23B0

square

#BC7B23 #23BC2E #2364BC #BC23B0

split-complementary

#BC7B23 #23B0BC #2E23BC

monochromatic

#553710 #885919 #BC7B23 #DC9A41 #E5B574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#BC7B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#BC7B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7B23

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7B23	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 123, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.126 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a166',
    500: '#bc7b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7b23;
$custom-light: #d6a166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.51,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63652,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7B23

secondary

#6F96CC

accent

#87EB3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7B23

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

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