#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
RGBrgb(188, 117, 53)
HSLhsl(28, 56%, 47%)
HSVhsv(28, 72%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 37.8%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(55.76, 22.37, 45.66)
CIE-LCHlch(55.76, 50.84, 63.89°)
OKLaboklab(62.69% 0.06 0.1026)
OKLCHoklch(62.69% 0.119 59.7)
XYZxyz(27.7451, 23.6737, 6.4758)
Luminance0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##BC75351.003.665.735.73
#FFFFFF3.661.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7321.001.001.00
##0000005.7321.001.001.00

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

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#BC7535 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva