#BC7538#BC7538

#BC7538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.117 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7538
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 22.53, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 49.63, 63.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.0609 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.117 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8163, 23.7022, 6.8507)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7538 #387FBC

analogous

#BC383D #BC7538 #BCB738

triadic

#BC7538 #38BC75 #7538BC

tetradic

#BC7538 #3DBC38 #387FBC #B738BC

square

#BC7538 #3DBC38 #387FBC #B738BC

split-complementary

#BC7538 #38BCB7 #383DBC

monochromatic

#5E3A1C #8D582A #BC7538 #D09461 #DEB490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC7538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#BC7538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7538

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7538	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)

#8A7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.117 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d71',
    500: '#bc7538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7538;
$custom-light: #d59d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6272,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7538

secondary

#87AAC9

accent

#99DD4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7538

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

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