#BC7E23#BC7E23

#BC7E23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.126 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7E23
RGB	rgb(188, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 16.64, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 57.78, 73.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.0407 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.126 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5055, 25.7371, 5.0563)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7E23 #2361BC

analogous

#BC3123 #BC7E23 #ADBC23

triadic

#BC7E23 #23BC7E #7E23BC

tetradic

#BC7E23 #23BC31 #2361BC #BC23AD

square

#BC7E23 #23BC31 #2361BC #BC23AD

split-complementary

#BC7E23 #23ADBC #3123BC

monochromatic

#553910 #885B19 #BC7E23 #DC9D41 #E5B774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#BC7E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#BC7E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7E23

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7E23	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.126 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a366',
    500: '#bc7e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7e23;
$custom-light: #d6a366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.686,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64219,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7E23

secondary

#6F95CC

accent

#83EB3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF3EB

border

#D4CDC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7E23

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

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