#BC7536#BC7536

#BC7536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.118 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7536
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 54)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 22.42, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 50.44, 63.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.0603 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.118 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7684, 23.6830, 6.5982)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7536 #367DBC

analogous

#BC363A #BC7536 #BCB836

triadic

#BC7536 #36BC75 #7536BC

tetradic

#BC7536 #3ABC36 #367DBC #B836BC

square

#BC7536 #3ABC36 #367DBC #B836BC

split-complementary

#BC7536 #36BCB8 #363ABC

monochromatic

#5D3A1B #8C5728 #BC7536 #D1945E #DFB48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC7536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#BC7536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7536

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7536	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.118 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d70',
    500: '#bc7536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7536;
$custom-light: #d59d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.209,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62698,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7536

secondary

#85A9C9

accent

#98DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7536

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

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