#BC5735#BC5735

#BC5735 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.139 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5735
RGB	rgb(188, 87, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 38.38, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 54.39, 45.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1084 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.139 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7922, 17.7679, 5.4915)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5735 #359ABC

analogous

#BC3557 #BC5735 #BC9B35

triadic

#BC5735 #35BC57 #5735BC

tetradic

#BC5735 #57BC35 #359ABC #9B35BC

square

#BC5735 #57BC35 #359ABC #9B35BC

split-complementary

#BC5735 #35BC9B #3557BC

monochromatic

#5D2B1A #8C4128 #BC5735 #D17A5D #DFA18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC5735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#BC5735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5735

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5735	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 87, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.139 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7896e',
    500: '#bc5735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5735;
$custom-light: #d7896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57664,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5735

secondary

#84B8C9

accent

#B9DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5735

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

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