#BC7E20#BC7E20

#BC7E20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.127 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7E20
RGB	rgb(188, 126, 32)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(36, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 16.54, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 58.76, 73.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.04 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.127 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4629, 25.7200, 4.8317)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7E20 #205EBC

analogous

#BC3020 #BC7E20 #ACBC20

triadic

#BC7E20 #20BC7E #7E20BC

tetradic

#BC7E20 #20BC30 #205EBC #BC20AC

square

#BC7E20 #20BC30 #205EBC #BC20AC

split-complementary

#BC7E20 #20ACBC #3020BC

monochromatic

#53380E #885B17 #BC7E20 #DE9D3B #E7B770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#BC7E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#BC7E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7E20

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7E20	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 126, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.127 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a365',
    500: '#bc7e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7e20;
$custom-light: #d6a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.154,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64201,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7E20

secondary

#6B92CD

accent

#81EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF3EB

border

#D4CDC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7E20

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

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