#BC7535#BC7535

#BC7535 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.119 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7535
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 53)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 22.37, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 50.84, 63.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.06 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.119 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7451, 23.6737, 6.4758)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7535 #357CBC

analogous

#BC3539 #BC7535 #BCB835

triadic

#BC7535 #35BC75 #7535BC

tetradic

#BC7535 #39BC35 #357CBC #B835BC

square

#BC7535 #39BC35 #357CBC #B835BC

split-complementary

#BC7535 #35BCB8 #3539BC

monochromatic

#5D3A1A #8C5728 #BC7535 #D1945D #DFB48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC7535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#BC7535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7535

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7535	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.119 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d6f',
    500: '#bc7535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7535;
$custom-light: #d59d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62688,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7535

secondary

#84A8C9

accent

#98DF48

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7535

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

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