#BC7235#BC7235

#BC7235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.120 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7235
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 53)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 24.02, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 50.93, 61.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.0649 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.12 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4012, 22.9858, 6.3611)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7235 #357FBC

analogous

#BC353B #BC7235 #BCB635

triadic

#BC7235 #35BC72 #7235BC

tetradic

#BC7235 #3BBC35 #357FBC #B635BC

square

#BC7235 #3BBC35 #357FBC #B635BC

split-complementary

#BC7235 #35BCB6 #353BBC

monochromatic

#5D381A #8C5528 #BC7235 #D1915D #DFB28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC7235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BC7235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7235

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7235	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.120 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b6f',
    500: '#bc7235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7235;
$custom-light: #d59b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62145,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7235

secondary

#84AAC9

accent

#9BDF48

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7235

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

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