#BC7C23#BC7C23

#BC7C23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.126 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7C23
RGB	rgb(188, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(35, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 17.74, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 57.69, 72.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0439 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.126 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2523, 25.2307, 4.9719)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7C23 #2363BC

analogous

#BC2F23 #BC7C23 #AFBC23

triadic

#BC7C23 #23BC7C #7C23BC

tetradic

#BC7C23 #23BC2F #2363BC #BC23AF

square

#BC7C23 #23BC2F #2363BC #BC23AF

split-complementary

#BC7C23 #23AFBC #2F23BC

monochromatic

#553810 #885A19 #BC7C23 #DC9B41 #E5B674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#BC7C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#BC7C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7C23

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7C23	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.126 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a266',
    500: '#bc7c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7c23;
$custom-light: #d6a266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.902,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6384,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7C23

secondary

#6F96CC

accent

#86EB3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7C23

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

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