#BC7539#BC7539

#BC7539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.117 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7539
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 57)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 22.59, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 49.23, 62.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.0612 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.117 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8410, 23.7121, 6.9808)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7539 #3980BC

analogous

#BC393E #BC7539 #BCB639

triadic

#BC7539 #39BC75 #7539BC

tetradic

#BC7539 #3EBC39 #3980BC #B639BC

square

#BC7539 #3EBC39 #3980BC #B639BC

split-complementary

#BC7539 #39BCB6 #393EBC

monochromatic

#5E3B1D #8D582B #BC7539 #D09563 #DEB492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC7539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#BC7539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7539

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7539	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)

#8A7C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.117 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d72',
    500: '#bc7539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7539;
$custom-light: #d59d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.481,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62731,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7539

secondary

#88ABC9

accent

#9ADD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7539

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

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