#BC7537#BC7537

#BC7537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.118 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7537
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 55)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 22.48, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 50.04, 63.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.0606 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.118 59)
XYZ	xyz(27.7921, 23.6925, 6.7231)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7537 #377EBC

analogous

#BC373B #BC7537 #BCB837

triadic

#BC7537 #37BC75 #7537BC

tetradic

#BC7537 #3BBC37 #377EBC #B837BC

square

#BC7537 #3BBC37 #377EBC #B837BC

split-complementary

#BC7537 #37BCB8 #373BBC

monochromatic

#5D3A1B #8D5829 #BC7537 #D09460 #DEB48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC7537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#BC7537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7537

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7537	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)

#8A7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.118 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d71',
    500: '#bc7537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7537;
$custom-light: #d59d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.97,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62709,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.2369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7537

secondary

#86AAC9

accent

#99DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7537

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

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